num_pages: 249
description: Philip Marlowe, a private eye who operates in Los Angeles's seamy underside during the 1930s, takes on his first case, which involves a paralyzed California millionaire, two psychotic daughters, blackmail, and murder
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: North Point Pr