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Although he was born in chicago, chandler spent most of his boyhood and youth in england where he attended dulwich college and later worked as a freelance journalist for the westminster gazette and the spectator. Private investigator philip marlowe is 42 years old and does not exercise. Check here and also read some short description about the big sleep by raymond chandler download free ebook. The big sleep was chandlers first novel, and it introduced the world to philip marlowe, the archetypal wisecracking, worldweary private detective that now occupies a permanent place in the american imagination. Big sleep by raymond chandler, first edition abebooks. Chandler wrote seven complete novels during his lifetime, with his first novel, the big sleep, debuting in 1939. Free download of the big sleep by raymond chandler. The big sleep by raymond chandler read online on bookmate. Internet archive language english originally published as the raymond chandler omnibust.
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