The language used in this book is often vile, at times so filthy that the publishers have beenĬompelled to resort to the dash, a device seldom employed in these unsqueamish days. Before the story is done Marlowe just misses being an eyewitness to two murders and by an even narrower margin misses being a victim. Indeed, because of his loyalty to his employer, he passes up golden opportunities to make much Marlowe is working for $25 a day and expenses and he earns every cent of it. Spoiled is much too mild a term to describe these two young women. Nor do the Sternwoods themselves, particularly the two daughters, respond to gentle treatment. Philip Marlowe, the private detective who isīoth the narrator and the chief character, is hard: he has to be hard to cope with the slimy racketeers who are preying on the Sternwood family. Ost of the characters in this story are tough, many of them are nasty and some of them are both. FebruNew Mystery Stories By ISAAC ANDERSON The Big Sleep By Raymond Chandler
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