Author: Raymond Chandler
Publisher: 1939
Genre: Crime Novel
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The title "The Big Sleep" is a euphemism for death, giving you the first clue of what the book is about. The fact there is a gun on this front cover too is another huge giveaway as this is something we nearly always associate with death. Moving onto research into the plot I found out that it is about a detective whom was asked to deal with a blackmailing. This original crime scene escalates when there are two murders the same night he goes to investigate the blackmailing. He begins to solve these murders and by the end he sees the bigger picture of who's blackmailing who.
The themes of this book:
- Crime
- Blackmail
- Drugs
- Sex
- Gambling
- Murder
- Class
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