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Another popular Chandler novel chronicling the adventures of Phillip Marlowe is The Long Goodbye, published in 1953. This novel was made into a Hollywood film (1973) directed by Robert Altman and starring Elliot Gould.
Al Clark's Raymond Chandler in Hollywood (1982) explores Chandler's life when he was writing screenplays for films such as Double Indemnity and The Blue Dahlia.
In 1994, Robert Parker, considered by many to be Chandler's successor as king of the hard-boiled detective novel, wrote Perchance to Dream, a sequel to The Big...
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