The Singing Detective is an escapist novel .
BBC Video , 2002.As a result of constant pain , a fever caused by the condition , and his refusal to take medication , Marlow falls into a fantasy world involving his Chandleresque novel , The Singing Detective , an escapist adventure about a detective ( also named `` Philip Marlow '' ) who sings at a dance hall and takes `` the jobs the guys who do n't sing '' wo n't take .
The Singing Detective