num_pages: 306
description: A warm day on Central Avenue, and Philip Marlowe's hunch about the man beside him is as vague as the heat waves that dance above the sidewalk. The way business is looking, even a hunch is enough. Moose Malloy stands six five and one-half and weighs two hundred and sixty-four pounds, without his necktie. After eight years in the pen, he wants little Velma back, and no cops or mobsters are ready to stand in his way. Marlowe's tough enough for the ride, but he can't help thinking there's never been a happy ending to the story of beauty and the beast ...
language: English
title: Farewell, My Lovely
titlecomplete: Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
characters: Philip Marlowe, Jules Amthor, Jessie Florian, Anne Riordan, Nulty, Mrs. Lewin Lockridge Grayle, Lindsay Marriott, Moose Malloy, Lewin Lockridge Grayle, Chief John Wax, Laire Brunette, Dr. Sonderborg, Detective-Lieutenant Carl Randall
genres: Classics, American, Noir, Mystery, Novels, Detective, Thriller, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 38599
places: Los Angeles, California, California
series: Philip Marlowe
publisher: Penguin Books