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Lest my readers fear this reviewer became drowsy during the proceedings, let him speedily assure them that such was not the course of events, for The Big Sleep is imbued with as many dark shadows, black roadsters, languorous blondes, scotch whiskeys, rainy nights and attendant mackintoshes, muggings, pluggings, and gratifying resolutions as any of the epics of Bogie's prime. Lamentably, he is not in such a condition today; he is the sort of man the People could use in the White House. But I digress...
...drink, but I discovered alcohol is the dullest form of escape I've ever experienced in my rigid adventures. During this otiose period I was continually accompanied by a large bottle of Scotch for which I had (and have) the utmost contempt. So with great character I exorcised this minor unsatisfactory pleasure abruptly and have not drunk since 1954. I still carry a big bottle around with me, but I don't drink...
...rallied to go out on the town, happily gawked at bare-breasted stripteasers, encountered flocks of B-girls ("Darling, ees eet hokay eef I have anod-der veeskie?"), and learned to down the whisky bamby: a $5 wallop of orange and pineapple juice built around a big dollop of Scotch...
...they try. They're the night club crew. Ten minutes in Chartres, an hour in the Louvre, and all day in some sidewalk cafe (where they can see all the other Americans). They're the Lido boys, who travel first class and stay at the Ritz. The double-scotch-with-ice bunch that finds its Europe in a guide book. They take the tours and chat with friends, all cameras and golf hats and sport shirts; but they can't see further than their sun glasses...
...smoke-hazed dining room of Las Vegas' Desert Inn last week, the supply of ready money would have staggered the earnest searcher for a low-rate bank loan. Free Scotch and fast talk was all it took to con a crew of well-heeled high rollers into coughing up $266,000 worth of bets. For his cash, each gambler was buying a crack golfer in the "Calcutta" auction before the Desert Inn's sixth annual Tournament of Champions. The man who owned the winner would get a whopping $95,760 share of the pot; even a lowly seventh...