The storyline isn’t what is important in Chandler’s novels the beauty is his prose. He will leave you wondering who you can trust. You need to pay close attention to PI Marlowe’s hunches, or you will get lost in the tangled, bewildering plot. It will haul you through the warren that is Los Angeles, from its hot dirty streets and seedy bars to the elevated coolness of its luxury hillside mansions. Raymond Chandler’s story drags you along like an explosive, high-octane movie. As he moves from restaurant to smoke-filled bar, it becomes clear that searching for Velma is something the police, a ring of jewel thieves, a crooked fortune teller and possibly Velma herself, would far rather he didn’t do. Marlowe, who has no business in the search but nothing better to do, sets out to find the missing Velma. Not more than six feet five inches tall and not wider than a beer truck.įresh out of jail, Moose Molloy is looking for his fiancé, Velma Valento. “…the appeal of 'Farewell, My Lovely' is in its toughness, which is extremely well done.” (Contemporary New York Times Review) Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.Whilst trying to find a missing husband, Philip Marlowe stumbles across a big man… The book was actually the first of Chandler’s novels to be made into a film, in 1942, as "The Falcon Takes Over." It was filmed again in 1944 as the critically acclaimed "Murder, My Sweet" and in 1975, in a version starring Robert Mitchum. The plot was inspired by a number of short stories Chandler had written earlier, including "Mandarin's Jade", "The Man Who Liked Dogs", and “Try the Girl.” It follows Marlowe as he investigates the violent murder of a night club manager. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone, "Farewell, My Lovely" was the second Philip Marlowe novel, published in 1940. One of the finest crime novels ever written, by one of the inventors of the hard-boiled detective genre. This copy brought over $8,000 at auction, Heritage June, 2008.
A jacket without repair or sophistication of any kind and scarce as such. In a Near Fine dust jacket with a short half-inch tear at the front flap fold and the spine lightly faded. Fine, sharp and square and appearing unread.
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