Book Vs Movie "The Big Sleep"

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book Vs Movie </strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>The Big Sleep</em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Raymond Chandler’s Novel Vs the Bogie/Bacall Classic Film</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/60822/Bogart_and_Bacall_The_Big_Sleep.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="183" /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Margos are both working from home these days so we have some extra time to devote to the show. Meaning--a new episode each week for the foreseeable future. (Huzzah!)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode is devoted to</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Chandler"><strong>Raymond Chandler</strong></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and one of his best-known novels--</span><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Big-Sleep-Philip-Marlowe-Novel/dp/0394758285"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Big Sleep.</span></em></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">This is the first novel to feature</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Marlowe"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Detective Philip Marlowe</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and this story is filled with witty lines, nefarious people and double-crossing aplenty. If you are under the impression that this story will be slow and/or easy to understand because it was created almost 100 years ago--guess again. This is one of the most complicated plots we have tried to explain on this show and that is saying something!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The film was directed by</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hawks"><strong>Howard Hawks</strong></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and features a script by</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Faulkner"><strong>William Faulkner</strong></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Brackett"><strong>Leigh Brac