Long sleep

The Big Sleep

★ The first novel by Raymond Chandler, author of "The Long Goodbye" - the first appearance of the tough detective Philip Marlowe;
★ A literary idol of generations of masters, including Haruki Murakami, Kazuo Ishiguro, Camus, Maugham, Eliot, O'Neill, Auden, and Qian Zhongshu. Murakami personally translated "The Big Sleep" and called it a "milestone work";
★Selected as one of the "100 Best Novels of the 20th Century" by Le Monde and "100 Best Novels" by Time magazine;
★ Translated by the famous young translator, publisher and book collector Yayahu Jushi (Gu Zhen);
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The Big Sleep, Chandler's first novel, features the debut of hard-boiled detective Philip Marlowe. The eccentric, wealthy old man, Sternwood, commissions Marlowe to investigate a blackmail case. However, the Sternwood daughters obstruct his action. A homosexual who rents and sells pornographic books, a ruthless casino owner, a greedy thug... Who is behind this? A series of deaths further complicates the case. What secrets does the Sternwood family hold?

2025-03-01

上海译文出版社

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9787532797431