The Big Sleep - Chapter 1 by Raymond Chandler (read by Tom O'Bedlam) @SpokenVerse

Uploaded March 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

If you remember Hancock's Half Hour, you might also remember that Tony Hancock wore socks with gold clocks on them. If you didn't know why then, now you do.

Raymond Chandler virtually single-handedly invented this genre of Private Eye Fiction, which gave birth to the Film Noir and influenced a generation of readers and movie goers.
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