I watched The Big Sleep not long ago. Maybe I'll give it a go. 

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Full disclosure: I actually consider Chandler the weakest of the Big 3 of hardboiled crime (behind Ross MacDonald and Dashiell Hammett), though I think no one could turn a better single phrase than he could.

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I go back and forth between *The Long Goodbye* and *The Big Sleep*. Both utter classics.

Full disclosure: I actually consider Chandler the weakest of the Big 3 of hardboiled crime (behind Ross MacDonald and Dashiell Hammett), though I think no one could turn a better single phrase than he could. 