Raymond Chandler

it's raymond chandler's birthday today! chandler wrote novels about philip marlowe: a street-smart detective who who usually took a beating before cracking the case. here's a very chandler-esque line: "I went out to the kitchen to make coffee-- yards of coffee. Rich, strong, bitter, boiling hot, ruthless, depraved. The life blood of tired men." which novel did this line come from?
a) the long goodbye
b) farewell my lovely
c) the big sleep
if you know the answer, you'll get double punches toward a free drink today!