Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Fifteen top stories about greed

At The Barnes & Noble Book Blog Kathryn Williams came up with a reading list on greed. One book she tagged:
The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler

Greed, extortion, and double-crossing in L.A. It sounds so familiar…
Read about another entry on the list.

The Big Sleep also appears on Gigi Levangie Grazer's list of six favorite books that became movies, Megan Wasson's list of five top books on Los Angeles, Greil Marcus's six recommended books list, Barry Forshaw's critic's chart of six American noir masters, David Nicholls' list of favorite film adaptations, and the Guardian's list of ten of the best smokes in literature.

--Marshal Zeringue