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A book club discussion of The Big Sleep , the renowned 1939 novel from the crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" ( Los Angeles Times ), Philip Marlowe. Synopsis: A dying millionaire hires private eye Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, and Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in.
Copies will be available at the front desk. It is also available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby. Programming at the Boston Public Library is funded through private support.
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