A review by missyjohnson
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

3.0

Not a bad story. Philip Marlowe, PI is hired to discover who is trying to blackmail a wealthy family. Just as the old film noir stories, the original issue is not really the issue at all. The General would like to know where his missing Son-in-law has disappeared to. He has two daughters who seem to be in trouble at every turn. Nude pictures for one and gambling on roulette for the other. It was an interesting look at life in the 1930’s. Hints of societal attitudes toward pornography, gay men, and prohibition were a part of the narrative. There were places in the book where the use of simile was overused and annoying. Marlowe got out of a number of “jams” and still solved the crime.