num_pages: 5
description: When a case of blackmail involving a California millionaire leads to murder, the inimitable Philip Marlowe is stirred into action, in an unabridged version read by Elliott Gould. Book available.
language: English
title: The Big Sleep
titlecomplete: The Big Sleep
characters: Mona Mars, Carol Lundgren, Eddie Mars, Harry Jones, Bernie Ohls, Carmen Sternwood, General Guy Sternwood, Arthur Gwynn Geiger, Lash Camino, Rusty Regan, Agnes Lozelle, Owen Taylor, Joe Brody, Vivian Regan, Philip Marlowe
genres: Crime, American, Classics, Novels, Thriller, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Detective, Mystery
ratings_count: 151437
places: Hollywood, California, Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles area, 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: Dove Entertainment Inc