The big sleep
Raymond Chandler: Da mian = (Chinese language, 1998, Maidian chu ban gu fen yu xian gong si, Fa xing Cheng bang wen hua shi yeh gu feng yu xian gong si)
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
316 pages
Chinese language
Published July 10, 1998 by Maidian chu ban gu fen yu xian gong si, Fa xing Cheng bang wen hua shi yeh gu feng yu xian gong si.
I love this book. It's fast paced, tense and exciting. The characters are great. The dialogue is amazing. The plot gets more and more convoluted and nastier and nastier all the way through, and the wry first person monologue is just delightful.
