{"product_id":"9780241970775-the-big-sleep","title":"The Big Sleep","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhilip Marlowe is hired by wheelchair-bound General Sternwood to discover who is indulging in some petty blackmail. A weary, old man, Sternwood just wants the problem to go away. But Marlowe finds he has his work cut out just keeping Sternwood's wild, devil-may-care daughters out of trouble as they prowl LA's dirtiest and darkest streets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHard-boiled detective fiction at its best: Raymond Chandler's best loved novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn't care who knew it. I was everything the well-dressed private detective ought to be. I was calling on four million dollars.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLos Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is hired by wheelchair-bound General Sternwood to discover who is indulging in some petty blackmail. A weary, old man, Sternwood just wants the problem to go away. But Marlowe finds he has his work cut out just keeping Sternwood's wild, devil-may-care daughters out of trouble as they prowl LA's dirtiest and darkest streets. And pretty soon, he's up to his neck in hoodlums and corpses .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449658814838,"sku":"9780241970775","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32394893.jpg?v=1760446350","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241970775-the-big-sleep","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}