IVIV Chandler

[Robin Landseadel]

On Aug 20, 2009, at 6:08 AM, Doug Millison wrote:

> He does spend a lot of time with cops in The Big Sleep and Farewell,  
> My Lovely. It's part of the job, the career he's chosen for  
> himself.  And he's occasionally looking for a fight. Maybe if you  
> read the books you'll see just how often, on both scores.

And Doc Sportello also spends a lot of time with cops in Inherent  
Vice. It's an integral part of the genre. In the end, Doc has to smash  
some heads and doesn't seem to feel any remorse over that. There's a  
lot of Chandler in Inherent Vice.