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| Original Title: | The Long Goodbye |
| ISBN: | 0394757688 (ISBN13: 9780394757681) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Philip Marlowe #6 |
| Characters: | Candy, Philip Marlowe, Roger Wade, Eileen Wade, Sewell Endicott, Terry Lennox, Howard Spencer, Harlan Potter, Linda Loring, Dr. Edward Loring, Dr. Verringer, Bernie Ohls, George Peters, Mendy Menendez, Chick Agostino, Lonnie Morgan, Sergeant Green, Captain Gregorius, Detective Dayton, Mr. Grenz, Dr. Lester Vukanich, Dr. Amos Varley |
| Setting: | Los Angeles, California(United States) California(United States) |
Raymond Chandler
Paperback | Pages: 379 pages Rating: 4.22 | 30561 Users | 1967 Reviews
Details Appertaining To Books The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe #6)
| Title | : | The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe #6) |
| Author | : | Raymond Chandler |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 379 pages |
| Published | : | August 12th 1988 by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard (first published 1953) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Noir. Classics. Detective |
Description Concering Books The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe #6)
Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out of LA fast. So he turns to the only friend he can trust: private investigator Philip Marlowe. Marlowe is willing to help a man down on his luck, but later Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty. Marlowe is drawn into a sordid crowd of adulterers and alcoholics in LA's Idle Valley, where the rich are suffering one big suntanned hangover. Marlowe is sure Lennox didn't kill his wife, but how many stiffs will turn up before he gets to the truth?Rating Appertaining To Books The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe #6)
Ratings: 4.22 From 30561 Users | 1967 ReviewsCommentary Appertaining To Books The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe #6)
I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars. Raymond Chandler, The Long GoodbyeLabels like genius and masterpiece get thrown around a lot in the arts. Certain writers are deemed to be brilliant and yet their stars fade quickly. Their notable books are soon forgotten, misplaced, unread and eventually pulped. Other writers seem to have the opposite trajectory. They are viewed as pulp or genre writers, but over time they seem to transcend the genre and even seem to dance on the graves ofTo say goodbye is to die a little.There are some books that just feel good to have on your dashboard, never too far from your fingertips to read in the tiny gaps between obligations and responsibility. The type of book that rides shotgun and keeps you company through the darker hours, through lonely nights at a shady laundromat or booze-soaked rainstorms on your porch. Raymond Chandlers The Long Goodbye is that sort of book, that sort of friend. The past few months have seen some bleak times and
To say goodbye is to die a little.There are some books that just feel good to have on your dashboard, never too far from your fingertips to read in the tiny gaps between obligations and responsibility. The type of book that rides shotgun and keeps you company through the darker hours, through lonely nights at a shady laundromat or booze-soaked rainstorms on your porch. Raymond Chandlers The Long Goodbye is that sort of book, that sort of friend. The past few months have seen some bleak times and
This time around Marlowe runs into a drunken writer, a wounded beauty and a lot of headaches. Narrated by Elliot Gould.MY GRADE: B plus.
I enjoyed the atmospherics and mood of this one, the last of Chandlers detective stories featuring Philip Marlowe. This one is different in being more meditative and in having more of a focus on alienation among the wealthy residents of gated compounds. Chandler also restrains Marlowes use of colorful similes in his interior monologues, which became a cliché in many of his imitators. Compared to the earlier tales, Chandler is more judicious here in the playful, sardonic banter Marlowe uses for
The Long Goodbye"The Long Goodbye" is the sixth novel in Chandler's Philip Marlowe universe, written some years after Chandler's other Marlowe novels and at a time when Chandler was going through a rough patch. "The Long Goodbye" is a large departure in some measures from the other Marlowe novels and has a different feel and rhythm to it altogether. Gone is the frenetic pace, the snappy dialogue, the quick pulling it all together. There is a certain melancholy, a wistfulness, to this one. And,
Slightly spoiled by having fallen for Elliot Gould in Leigh Brackett's adaptation, The Long Goodbye is still an overwhelmingly impressive piece of dark literature. When people talk about Chandler's influence on crime fiction it's always in reference to his hardboiled dialogue, his similes and metaphors but in reading this final entry in the Marlowe series you can draw a long powerful line from Chandler through Crumley, Sallis and Block, to name only three, writers who have taken the mantle of
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