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Raymond thornton chandler july 23, 1888 march 26, 1959 was an americanbritish novelist and screenwriter. Dorothy malone cant help humphrey bogart find a fake book in the big sleep. It was about eleven oclock in the morning, mid october, with the sun not shining and a look of hard. A lot of chandlers marlowe work has been adapted multiple times for either a movie, the stage, television movie, or radio. From jonathan lethems foreword to the annotated big sleep. Download ebook the big sleep and other novels pdf for free.
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