97. The Big Sleep, Part 1

The Bookening talks Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep.

Show Notes

Sorry, those of you who like long episodes, this one came in a little short. But on the plus side .... THE BOOKENING TALKS ABOUT THE GREATEST AUTHOR OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Pleading introduction
07:50: Contextual Texan begins
09:13 Biography
18:20 Theme
21:52 Detective novel
24:51 A brief break for donor shout-outs!
28:30 Revenge of the Pulps
42:38 Down these mean streets, a man must walk

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3 guys—a pastor, a scholar, and their gleeful provocateur—discuss the great books. We take God and literature seriously—but the second one not overly so.