From a hotel clerk he learns that Florian’s widow Jesse is alive, and from her he gleans an old photo of Velma. Nulty gets the case and persuades the detective to do his footwork. When the bouncer tries to throw him out, Malloy kills him and maims the owner, and Marlowe is a witness. This was Chandler’s favorite novel, and many critics think it his best.įoremost among the grotesques is Moose Malloy, a giant, lovelorn gangster whom Marlowe meets outside Florian’s, a now-Negro bar where Malloy seeks his old flame, Velma. The plot may be disjointed but the theme is sure. Chandler’s second novel also features one of the richest troves of grotesque characters in American literature.
Farewell, My Lovely (1940) is famous for its metaphors.
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