description: The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first in his acclaimed series about detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 and again in 1978.The story is noted for its complexity, with many characters double-crossing each other and many secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination in the book about "sleeping the big sleep."
language: English
title: The Big Sleep
titlecomplete: The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
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: 151441
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: Holiday House