The Big Sleep; Farewell, My Lovely; The High Window: Introduction by Diane Johnson-Fast Shipping

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Raymond Chandler’s first three novels, publishedhere in one volume, established his reputation as an unsurpassed master of hard-boileddetective fiction.
The Big Sleep, Chandler’s first novel, introduces Philip Marlowe,a private detective inhabiting the seamy side of Los Angeles in the 1930s, as hetakes on a case involving a paralyzed California millionaire, two psychotic daughters,blackmail, and murder. In Farewell, My Lovely, Marlowe deals with the gambling circuit,a murder he stumbles upon, and three very beautiful but potentially deadly The High Window, Marlowe searches the California underworld for a priceless goldcoin and finds himself deep in the tangled affairs of a dead coin collector.
Inall three novels, Chandler’s hard-edged prose, colorful characters, vivid vernacular,and, above all, his enigmatic loner of a hero, enduringly establish his claim notonly to the heights of his chosen genre but to the pantheon of literary art.
Featuring the iconic character that inspired the forthcoming film Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson.