Loved itI'll give an A. the writing, however, is intensely good, really strong.
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The Big Sleep (1939)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive Philip Marlowe, a private eye who operates in Los Angeles's seamy underside during the 1930s, takes on his first case, which involves a paralyzed California millionaire, two psychotic daughters, blackmail, and murder
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- 9780241956281
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- 229 pages
Genres: mystery
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Loved it
Loved itthis book completely changed my outlook on the genre and I just wanted to read more of it and that's why I took to detective fiction class this semester