The Little Sister

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The Little Sister is a 1949 hardboiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe in a complex case involving Hollywood corruption and deception.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hardboiled detective novel
novel
adaptationType film
author Raymond Chandler
containsElement blackmail
family secrets
murder mystery
private eye investigation
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresTheme Hollywood corruption
deception
identity and disguise
organized crime
followedBy The Long Goodbye
genre crime fiction
detective fiction
hasAdaptation Marlowe (1969 film)
hasCharacter Dr. Lagardie
Lieutenant French
Lieutenant Spangler
Mavis Weld NERFINISHED
Orfamay Quest
Philip Marlowe NERFINISHED
hasISBN 9780394757663
language English
literaryMovement noir
literaryStyle hardboiled prose
mainCharacter Philip Marlowe
mediaType print
narrativePerspective first-person
narrator Philip Marlowe NERFINISHED
notableFor complex, convoluted plot
cynical portrayal of Hollywood
precededBy The Lady in the Lake
protagonist Philip Marlowe ONNED1
publicationYear 1949
publisher Hamish Hamilton
Houghton Mifflin
series Philip Marlowe
surface form: Philip Marlowe series
setInTimePeriod 1940s
settingLocation Hollywood
Los Angeles

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Philip Marlowe appearsIn The Little Sister
Raymond Chandler notableWork The Little Sister
Tracy Pollan notableWork The Little Sister
The Lady in the Lake precedes The Little Sister