The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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About This Item
ASE # 751 / Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side. First and last page detached, as often seen with this edition, since at 288 pages this is one of the bulkier ASE titles. Pencil drawing on last page (map? diagram?)
Synopsis
The Big Sleep is a crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first in his acclaimed series about hardboiled detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 starring Humphry Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and again in 1978 starring Robert Mitchum. The story is noted for its complexity and is heavily influenced by classic Greek tragedy, with many characters double-crossing each other and many secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. -
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- Bookseller
- Out The Door (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 982
- Title
- The Big Sleep
- Author
- Raymond Chandler
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Armed Services Edition (ASE)
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Council on Books in Wartime Edition
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Armed Services Edition (ASE);