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The Big Sleep Tots_Gift_Guide WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELESOne of the most acclaimed works of crime fiction ever written, The Big Sleep is the first novel featuring Raymond Chandlers iconic creation Philip Marlowe, hailed as the quintessential urban private eye (Los Angeles Times). One of The Atlantics Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Chandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious. Robert B. Parker, The