
The Little Sister
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About The Little Sister
The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe • Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson. In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister, a movie starlet with a gangster boyfriend and a pair of siblings with a shared secret lure private eye Philip Marlowe into the less than glamorous and more than a little dangerous world of Hollywood fame. Chandler's first foray into the industry that dominates the company town that is Los Angeles.
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- Audience
- Adult/general
- Commitment
- Standalone or self-contained
- Estimated reading time
- 6.5 hours at about 40 pages per hour
- Length
- Shorter read
- Best for
- Readers seeking philip marlowe books in order
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The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler, published in 1988, is a 257-page book for readers who prefer to browse by the experience of a story, not only by its sales category. Its strongest discovery signals include Philip Marlowe Books in Order.
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- Print ISBN
- 978-0-394-75767-4
- Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 257





