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Philip Marlowe mysteries volume 1
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English
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The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles, California and is noted for its complexity, with many characters double-crossing one another and many secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination in the final pages...
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Philip Marlowe mysteries volume 8
Pub. Date
[1989]
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English
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Philip Marlowe marries a rich, beautiful society lady who wants him to settle down. But old habits die hard, and Marlowe soon is back in business, enmeshed in a case involving pornography, bigamy, and murder.
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Philip Marlowe mysteries volume 2
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English
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Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up in a murder that leads to a ring of jewel thieves, another murder, a fortune-teller, a couple more murders, and more corruption than your average graveyard. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Library of America volume 80
Philip Marlowe volume 7
Philip Marlowe volume 5
Philip Marlowe volume 6
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Philip Marlowe volume 7
Philip Marlowe volume 5
Philip Marlowe volume 6
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Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
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