Trivia / Philip Marlowe

• Life Imitates Art: Marlowe frequently lets the air out of various tough guys he meets by noting how their mannerisms are lifted straight out of the latest movies.
• Posthumous Collaboration: Chandler died after having completed only four chapters of the eighth Philip Marlowe novel, which he had given the working title The Poodle Springs Story. Thirty years after his death, mystery writer Robert B. Parker was commissioned to finish the novel, which was released under the title Poodle Springs.
• Referenced by...: Tim Drake: Robin: When Tim and Darcy go to the library to peruse famous mystery stories while investigating the literary inspired murderer/thief Tim dismisses Raymond Chandler as the author of the detective story they're currently looking for after some reading.