Four Complete Philip Marlowe Novels: The Lady in the Lake; Farewell My Lovely; The High Window; The Big Sleep

x, 693 pp. Includes The Lady in the Lake; Farewell My Lovely; The High Window; The Big Sleep, plus an introduction by Lawrence Clark Powell. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American crime writer, who had an immense stylistic influence upon the modern private eye story, especially in the style of the writing and the attitudes now characteristic of the genre. His protagonist, Philip Marlowe, is synonymous with 'private detective,' along with Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade." -- Wikipedia