Raymond Chandlers first three novels, published here in one volume, established his reputation as an unsurpassed master of hardboiled detective fiction. The Big Sleep, Chandlers first novel, introduces Philip Marlowe, a private detective inhabiting the seamy side of Los Angeles in the 1930s, as he takes on a case involving a paralysed 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 women. In The High Window, Marlowe searches the California underworld for a priceless gold coin and finds himself deep in the tangled affairs of a dead coin collector. In all three novels, Chandlers hardedged prose, colourful characters, vivid vernacular, and, above all, his enigmatic loner of a hero, establish his enduring claim to the heights of his chosen genre.

Binding: Hardback;696 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FFC; Weight: 830 g; Dimensions: 214 x 140 x 37

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