The Big Sleep and Other Novels by Raymond Chandler

The Big Sleep and Other Novels is a collection of three novels that follows Raymond Chandler’s famous detective Philip Marlowe. The three novels that will get your undivided attention are: The Big Sleep, Farewell, My Lovely, and The Long Goodbye.

Summary of the Book

The Big Sleep

One of the daughters of a dying millionaire is being blackmailed by a mysterious person and Philip Marlowe has been hired to find out who this person is. As he goes out in search of this person, Marlowe finds that he is now involved in a very severe case that isn’t just about extortion, but also includes kidnapping, pornography, seduction and murder.

Farewell, My Lovely

Philip Marlowe finds himself in a complex and dangerous case that includes a ring of jewel thieves, another murder, a fortune-teller and more murders. It is more than the average case even for a really good detective and Marlowe has made up his mind to give up on it. Will he leave the case for somebody else to solve?

The Long Goodbye

Marlowe has become friends with an unlucky war veteran. It is only later that he realizes that Terry Lennox has a wealthy nymphomaniac wife. He had divorced and then re-married her, but now, she is dead. Before he knows it, Marlowe if being chased by cops and a gangster.

About Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler was an American novelist and screenwriter. He was forty-four when he lost his job and decided to become a detective fiction writer. Some of his novels are considered to be important literary works.