Ask the Dust vs The Big Sleep: Which Should You Read?

Ask the Dust John Fante · 1939 ★★★★☆ 4.2 208 pages · ≈ 3 h 51 m · Challenging

Arturo Bandini is a struggling writer lodging in a seedy LA hotel. While basking in the glory of having had a single short story published in a small magazine, he meets local waitress Camilla Lopez and they embark on a…

The Big Sleep Raymond Chandler · 1939 ★★★★☆ 3.9 184 pages · ≈ 3 h 24 m · Challenging

Philip Marlowe, a private eye who operates in Los Angeles's seamy underside during the 1930s, takes on his first case, which involves a paralyzed California millionaire, two psychotic daughters, blackmail, and murder