


Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library. Abstract: In Raymond Chandlers The Little Sister (1949), private detective Philip Marlowe is more morose and more disillusioned with his surroundings than. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital form, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. The Little Sister has been adapted for film and radio. Written after Raymond Chandler's stint as a Hollywood screenwriter, The Little Sister reflects Chandler's experience in the film industry, its corruption, and obsession with image. As he begins to solve the riddles surrounding his investigation, Marlowe discovers that in Hollywood, people will do anything to keep a clean reputation.įrom one of the original hardboiled detective writers, Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe is in a class of his own. When hired for an easy job-to find a seemingly innocent girl's older brother-Marlowe doesn't expect to find a trail of dead bodies or gangsters in love with movie stars. The Long Good-bye is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1953, his sixth novel featuring the private investigator Philip Marlowe. The Little Sister focuses on popular private eye Philip Marlowe.
