The Big Sleep

Frankly, I was amazed at how enjoyable this book was. I expected hyper-masculine, hard-boiled, plot driven nonsense. The plot is convoluted and somehow irrelevant. Philip Marlowe is obviously sad but cruelly observant. The descriptions are incredible my favorite part. The sexism was to be expected, but I was surprised and horrified by the gay-bashing. Still, I enjoyed the book very much.