This book is Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep" a detective novel. From Wikipedia: "The Big Sleep is a 1939 hardboiled crime novel by American-British writer Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles."
Upcoming: Lonesome Dove is strongly considered for the winter reading. A dense book!
Usually we meet in the back section (west side near Vandalia).
