num_pages: 216
description: Chandler's first novel, published in 1939, introduces Philip Marlowe, a 38-year-old P.I. moving through the seamy side of Los Angeles in the 1930s. This classic case includes as characters a paralyzed California millionaire, his two psychotic daughters, plus blackmail, murder, corrupt wealth, secret vices, family scandal, and more.
language: English
title: The Big Sleep
titlecomplete: The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
characters: Vivian Regan, Mona Mars, Owen Taylor, Bernie Ohls, Harry Jones, Agnes Lozelle, Eddie Mars, Philip Marlowe, Joe Brody, General Guy Sternwood, Carmen Sternwood, Arthur Gwynn Geiger, Lash Camino, Carol Lundgren, Rusty Regan
genres: Fiction, American, Mystery, Thriller, Noir, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Classics, Novels, Crime
ratings_count: 151493
places: Los Angeles area, California, Hollywood, California, Los Angeles, California
series: Philip Marlowe
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Novel of the Century, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: CWA Best Ever
category: Crime Novel
publisher: Vintage