Raymond Chandler's hardboiled mystery thriller The Big Sleep (1939) is the first in his famed series about investigator Philip Marlowe. The novel was turned into a film twice, initially in 1946 and again in 1978. Various individuals double-cross each other and many secrets are revealed throughout the novel, which adds to the story's intricacy. The title refers to contemplation in the book about "sleeping the grand slumber," which is a euphemism for death.

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