The Big Sleep

Published in 1939, this is Raymond Chandler's first novel and features Philip Marlowe, the neat, clean, shaved and sober man who was everything the well-dressed detective should be. Raymond Chandler wrote three other classic novels: Farewell my Lovely, The Lady in the Lake and The Long Goodbye , all of which feature Philip Marlowe. He also wrote the screenplays for Double Indemnity and The Blue Dahlia...