The Big Sleep

Klappentext "The most consistent of all series in terms of language control! length! and quality of story." David R. Hill! Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading. Vorwort General Sternwood has four million dollars, and two young daughters, both pretty and both wild. He's an old, sick man, close to death, but he doesn't like being blackmailed. Zusammenfassung Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.General Sternwood has four million dollars, and two young daughters, both pretty and both wild. He's an old, sick man, close to death, but he doesn't like being blackmailed. So he asks private detective Philip Marlowe to get the blackmailer off his back. Marlowe knows the dark side of life in Los Angeles well, and nothing much surprises him. But the Sternwood girls are a lot wilder than their old father realizes. They like men, drink, drugs - and it's not just a question of blackmail.

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Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Raymond Chandler, Chandler Raymond, Rosalie Kerr, Kerr Rosalie
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780194791656
• ISBN: 978-0-19-479165-6
• Pagine: 88
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 199 mm x 9 mm
• Peso: 115 g
• Illustrazioni: Zahlr. s/w. Abb., Illustr.
• Serie: Oxford Bookworms Library. Stage 4 (1400 Headwords); Oxf Bookworms 4Oxford Bookworms Library. Stage 4 (1400 Headwords); Oxford Bookworms Library Current Edition; BOOKWORMS LIBR; Oxford Bookworms ELT; Oxford Bookworms Library. Stage 4 (1400 Headwords); BOOKWORMS LIBR; Oxford Bookworms Library Current Edition; Oxford Bookworms Library
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