Is Marlowe a Racist?

[John Carvill]

Found this on Google Books.

'A Reader's Guide to Raymond Chandler' by Toby Widdecombe

Quite interesting. From about page 33:

"It is, however, important to distinguish the fact of racism in the
world Chandler describes from the question of whether Chandler's
detectives are themselves racist. That question has the
straightforward answer, no."

On the question of Marlowe's homophobia, Widdecombe discusses the
possibility that Marlowe is in fact himself gay. He ultimately doesn't
seem to reach any conclusions, except to say that Chandler himself
seems uncertain of his attitude towards homosexuals.

http://books.google.com/books?id=1-WNd4rL9YoC&pg=PP1&dq=A+reader%27s+guide+to+Raymond+Chandler#v=onepage&q=&f=false