The Little Sister
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A masterwork of hardboiled crime fiction, The Little Sister is the fifth novel featuring Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler's iconic Los Angeles private detective. The story unfolds when a naive young woman from Kansas arrives at Marlowe's office seeking her missing brother, pulling him into a treacherous web of Hollywood glamour, blackmail, and cold-blooded murder. Chandler's razor-sharp prose and biting wit dissect the moral corruption lurking beneath the glittering surface of postwar Los Angeles, delivering a narrative laced with cynicism and dark humour. As Marlowe navigates a cast of duplicitous starlets, ruthless gangsters, and scheming siblings, the novel presents a devastating portrait of ambition and greed in mid-century America. Published in 1949, it stands as one of Chandler's most celebrated works and a cornerstone of the crime fiction genre.
Author: Raymond Chandler
Format: Paperback
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A masterwork of hardboiled crime fiction, The Little Sister is the fifth novel featuring Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler's iconic Los Angeles private detective. The story unfolds when a naive young woman from Kansas arrives at Marlowe's office seeking her missing brother, pulling him into a treacherous web of Hollywood glamour, blackmail, and cold-blooded murder. Chandler's razor-sharp prose and biting wit dissect the moral corruption lurking beneath the glittering surface of postwar Los Angeles, delivering a narrative laced with cynicism and dark humour. As Marlowe navigates a cast of duplicitous starlets, ruthless gangsters, and scheming siblings, the novel presents a devastating portrait of ambition and greed in mid-century America. Published in 1949, it stands as one of Chandler's most celebrated works and a cornerstone of the crime fiction genre.