The Big Sleep, Farewell, My Lovely, The High Window: Volume 1 - Rilegato

Chandler, Raymond

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1857152557 ISBN 13: 9781857152555

Casa editrice: Everyman, 2002

Riassunto

Raymond Chandler’s first three novels, published here in one volume, established his reputation as an unsurpassed master of hard-boiled detective 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 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, Chandler’s hard-edged 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.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Everyman
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1857152557
• ISBN 13: 9781857152555
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 696