The Big Sleep
General Sternwood has four million dollars, and two young daughters, both pretty and both wild. He's an old, sick man, close to death, but he doesn't like being blackmailed. So he asks private detective Philip Marlowe to get the blackmailer off his back. Marlowe knows the dark side of life in Los Angeles well, and nothing much surprises him. But the Sternwood girls are a lot wilder than their old father realizes. They like men, drink, drugs - and it's not just a question of blackmail.
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Authors
Raymond Chandler Retold by Rosalie Kerr
Level
CEFR B1
Language
English
Word count
15,960
Collection
Oxford Bookworms Library
Collection level
Stage 4
Exams
Cambridge English: Preliminary (PET); Cambridge English: First (FCE); IELTS 3.5 – 6.0; TOEIC 550 – 940; TOEFL 57 – 109;
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