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Violence
A lot
Multiple murders throughout; the noir world is one of pervasive violence
Language
Some
Some profanity in the hard-boiled tradition
Sexual Content
Some
Some sexual content in the noir register
Substance Use
Some
Significant drinking throughout — Marlowe and the Hollywood milieu
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong psychological content: moral nihilism, the corruption of everything Hollywood touches, and Marlowe's solitary integrity in a comprehensively dishonest world
What this book is about
Philip Marlowe is hired by a Kansas girl looking for her missing brother — and finds himself entangled in Hollywood's corrupt glamour, with blackmail, multiple murders, and the kind of moral fog that defines Chandler's darkest work. The Little Sister is one of Chandler's most cynical portraits of Los Angeles, with his characteristic dark wit, spare prose, and a plot that spirals deeper into corruption at every level. Ice pick murders throughout.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Multiple murders throughout
Noir moral nihilism — the world is corrupt and won't be fixed
Hollywood exploitation depicted
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