This novel was adapted with a completely different protagonist in the B-film
This novel was adapted with a completely different protagonist in the B-film The Falcon Takes Over. A vicious cop who beats the protagonist in this work is named "Hemingway," and the action begins when a bouncer is killed at a black bar. Ending when Mrs. Grayle, alias Velma, kills herself, after previously killing her ex-boyfriend Moose Malloy, FTP, name this Raymond Chandler novel, the follow-up to The Big Sleep and the second to feature Philip Marlowe.
This novel was adapted with a completely different protagonist in the B-film
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