Other Appearances
The Long Goodbye is occasionally referred to in other works of fiction. Greg Iles refers to Raymond Chandler and the novel's title in his own novel The Quiet Game, and names one of his characters Marston. It has been featured in the Japanese tokusatsu drama Kamen Rider W, in which the main character constantly reads from a Japanese version of the book. His partner's name is also Philip.
In music, crime novelist Matt Rees's band Poisonville, which is named after the location of a Dashiell Hammett novel, released a song about The Long Goodbye on its first album. Rees described the novel as "a creepier book than people think."
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