The Big Sleep lays down the structure that we all have grown accustomed to in the noir genre. It certainly doesn't seem original, but that's because many authors have copied Chandler's style.The book picks up quick in the beginning, but then after the two murders are conveniently explained in the ne...
I read the majority of the Raymond Chandler book quite a while ago. I don't think I got to them all. But now I have acquired all of them (not that crappy Poodle Springs one, Im not reading that again) and I embark upon the great Chandler re-read of however-long-it-ends-up-taking-me. I won't go all n...
A good novel, but Chandler is not as good a writer as Hammett. In the end it is an excellent detective story and piece of noir, but it does not have the depth that is sometimes attributed to it. There is not the rawness of pain and the sense of futile struggle that Hammett took from Hemingway. Fu...
“Dead men are heavier than broken hearts.” Raymond Chandler is the fedora-topped man's man answer to the trashy romance novel. Full of hard-biting dialogue, dark alleyways and fiery lithe blondes, pistols, racketeers, and cheap cigarette smoke -- The Big Sleep is detective pulp noir at its finest. “...
This is quintessential "noire" detective fiction. Chandler pretty much developed the genre to its apex. The Big Sleep is the first of his Philip Marlowe novels. It was later turned into one awesome movie staring Bogart and Bacall, which is one of my all-time favorites (I'm sure I've got it around so...
General Sternwood, a millionaire in 1930s Los Angeles, hires Phillip Marlowe to investigate a man who claims to have controversial photos of his socialite daughter. However, as Marlowe's investigation progresses, he finds himself in for a little more than he bargained for (excuse the cliche).In the...
The Big Sleep was a well written novel that unfortunately did not agree with my literary taste buds enough to warrant further stars being transferred. This will be simple as for once I doubt I have anything of much merit or qualification to say about this book. The writing was certainly quality and ...
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