It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window.

Raymond Chandler

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Blondes Beautiful women Women

Author

Raymond Chandler

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Farewell, My Lovely

Medium

Novel

Genre

Detective fiction

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United States

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Chandler, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, 1940, ch. 13.

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