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The Big Sleep
First-edition cover
AuthorRaymond Chandler
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesPhilip Marlowe
GenreHardboiled detective, crime
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Publication date
1939
Pages277
OCLC42659496
Followed byFarewell, My Lovely 

The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by American-British writer Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles.

The story is noted for its complexity, with characters double-crossing one another and secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; the final pages of the book refer to a rumination about "sleeping the big sleep".

In 1999, the book was voted 96th of Le Monde's "100 Books of the Century". In 2005, it was included in Time magazine's "List of the 100 Best Novels".[1]

  1. ^ "All Time 100 Novels". Time. 16 October 2005. Archived from the original on 22 October 2005. Retrieved 25 May 2010.

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