Question

Examine The Big Sleep in the light of Hard boiled detective fiction.

Answer 1

The Big Sleep is a hard-boiled crime novel with Detective Philip Marlowe as its main character

Explanation:

The Big Sleep is a novel written and published in 1939 by Raymond Chandler. It is a hard-boiled crime novel with Detective Philip Marlowe as its main character. The novel was later adapted twice, in 1946 and 1978, as feature films. The plot is set in Los Angeles. The plot is noted for its ambiguity, with characters double-crossing each other and the narrator revealing secrets throughout. The title is a deathly euphemism.