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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The Little Sister canonical 5

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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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Orfamay Quest ⓘ
Philip Marlowe ⓘ
hasISBN 9780394757663 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement noir ⓘ
literaryStyle hardboiled prose ⓘ
mainCharacter Philip Marlowe ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrator Philip Marlowe ⓘ
notableFor complex, convoluted plot ⓘ
cynical portrayal of Hollywood ⓘ
precededBy The Lady in the Lake ⓘ
protagonist Philip Marlowe ⓘ
publicationYear 1949 ⓘ
publisher Hamish Hamilton ⓘ
Houghton Mifflin ⓘ
series Philip Marlowe series ⓘ
linked to: Philip Marlowe
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 ⓘ
Marlowe (1969 film) → basedOn → The Little Sister ⓘ