the knight image is throughout FAREWELL, MY LOVELY. in that
instance it's specifically arthurian, with the search for the
character named grayle/grail, and the boatman (red) guiding
marlowe closer to the truth, etc. maybe someone who has read
it (or the arthur legend) more recently than i can offer more
specifics.
martha fischer
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> I recall the famous stain
> glass window
> that Marlowe sees in the beginning of The Big Sleep,
when he says
> he'd like to
> climb up and help the knight untie the naked lady.
Don't remember
> that thinks of
> hiimself as the lone knight very often however
(?)...
>
> Found myself wondering...What other series'
detectives compare
> themselves to
> knights in a romance, suggesting something like a
high chivalric
> code motivates
> them?
>
> Bill Hagen
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