Title: Was L.A. Really This Seedy?
Product review: Chandler provides an unforgetable picture of L.A. and his private eye, Phillip Marlowe. The "Big Sleep" (his first novel) has an intricate plot, perhaps with loose ends; like real life, not like a nice neat English murder mystery. The star of the story is the narrative, not the plot. Chandler's L.A. is littered with tough cops, pornography, drugs, gambling and sex. The only "hero" is Phillip Marlowe, who is following his own code of behavior-not always society's.
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