Nobody but raymond chandler 18881959 could have created a private eye hero as cool as philip marlowe, but writers have been trying ever since the authors precedentsetting crime novels were published. I first read the long goodbye in 1976, before i had read any other raymond chandler novels. The plot is engaging and complex, the characters are all extremely colorful, the dialogue is superb and the descriptive passages are in a league of their own. The binding is tight with no cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The long goodbye paperback may 31, 1988 by raymond chandler author. While some critics consider it inferior to the big sleep or farewell, my lovely, others rank it as the best of his work. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and. His latest one, the dead beat scroll, was called glorious potpourri of. 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. Some critics consider it inferior to the big sleep or farewell, my lovely, but others rank it as the best of his work. Some see it as the pinnacle of chandlers career as a mystery author.
When philip marlowe befriends downonhisluck veteran terry lennox he gets more than he bargained for. With lennoxs wife dead and lennox himself on the lam, marlowe becomes the. Georges simenons dirty snow is a masterpiece, but there are probably dozens of simenons romans durs hard novels, as he called them. In the long goodbye, marlowe lands in jail on a bum rap and gets. The dialogue was smart and quippy, the plot featured many excellent twists, and for all its genre trappings, it was quite literary. Americanbritish writer raymond chandlers crime fiction, the long goodbye 1953, is the sixth novel to feature his fictional detective hero philip marlowe. In noir master raymond chandlers the long goodbye, philip marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with the scars to prove it. Philip marlowe is a long way from the infallible sleuth, the english, sherlock holmesstyle ancestor of the hardboiled fictional detective. Chandler, in a letter to a friend, called the novel my best book. The long goodbye by raymond chandler, paperback barnes.
Marlowes involvement in this particular story with a title that is a metaphor for death begins with a. Raymond chandlers the long goodbye is that sort of book, that sort of friend. The parking lot attendant had brought the car out and he. His final marlowe novel, playback, hiney tells us, was entirely written while its author was drunk. The long goodbye by raymond chandler, 9781709519215, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The long goodbye is a 1973 american neonoir thriller film directed by robert altman and based on raymond chandler s 1953 novel of the same title. The long goodbye by raymond chandler reading guide. The book practically set off an explosion in my brain i have been fascinated by chandler ever since. The questions, discussion topics, and author biography that follow are designed to enhance your reading of this outstanding selection from the hardboiled school of crime writing. The long goodbye by raymond chandler, first edition abebooks. The long goodbye by raymond chandler in fb2, fb3, rtf download e book.
Linda loring reappears in chandlers next and last novel, a weak effort called playback, and shares the bill with marlowe, now her husband, in. Reading the book again after so long is fascinating and fun. Asianwiki raymond chandler s ingenious novel finds philip marlowe constantly on the move with a case involving a war scarred drunk and his nymphomaniac wife. At the book opens, marlowe meets a man named terry lennox outside of a. Long goodbye by way of the gin and roses lime juice cocktail known as a gimlet. Certainly the plot of the long goodbye is a labyrinth not easily negotiated. The long goodbye by raymond chandler booksamillion. In noir master raymond chandler s the long goodbye. The long goodbye by raymond chandler, first edition. The long goodbye by raymond chandler, book of a lifetime. Original maroon cloth lettered in silver on spine, dustjacket illustrated by fritz wegner. Readers of the long goodbye may already be familiar with philip marlowe from chandlers the big sleep. In noir master raymond chandler s the long goodbye, philip. The long goodbye vintage crime by raymond chandler and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
The long goodbye a philip marlowe novel raymond chandler the long goodbye copyright 1953 by raymond chandler. The long goodbye, if not the best or most technically accomplished of the marlowe novels, is without question benjamin blacks. The long goodbye, the 1953 hardboiled detective novel by raymond chandler, breaks almost entirely from this formula. A novel philip marlowe series book 6 kindle edition by chandler, raymond. How chandlers the long goodbye came to be, including plot summary and dramatis. The long goodbye raymond chandler s ingenious novel finds philip marlowe constantly on the move with a case involving a war scarred drunk and his nymphomaniac wife. I wont spoil the plot, but it doesnt give away much to reveal that our man philip. Chandlers 1953 novel leads marlowe into a web of deception so complex you could call it arbitrary. The book is bound in the publishers cloth and is in excellent condition. The long goodbye is a novel by raymond chandler, published in 1953, his sixth novel featuring the private investigator philip marlowe. The long goodbye made into movie chandler, raymond published by vintage crime books isbn 0394757688, dated 1988. Chandler brought out the long goodbye 1954, his longest and literarily. The long goodbye is the 4th book i have read by raymond chandler and i have loved all four.
The screenplay was written by leigh brackett, who cowrote the screenplay for chandler. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. The long goodbye by raymond chandler, book of a lifetime the. The long goodbye 1953, his most ambitious and selfrevealing novel, uncovers a more anguished resonance in the marlowe character, in a plot that hinges on the betrayal of friendship and the compromises of middle age. But because ya gotta read chandler and chandler is the best, i came away from it thinking it was just good, not great. It is the most gripping and soulsearching story ray chandler ever wrote about philip marlowe, and in many ways the book constitutes the readers long goodbye to both chandler and marlowe. I first read the long goodbye over 50 years ago raymond chandler was one of my favorite authors when i was a young man. The long goodbye is a novel with lots of meat on its bones. This one was published in 1953 and is the longest and i got to admit, towards the end i wondered why chandler didnt just end the book. The brilliant, troubled, alcoholic life of raymond chandler. The long goodbye is the sixth novel in chandlers philip marlowe universe, written some years after chandlers other marlowe novels and at a time when chandler was going through a rough patch. Raymond chandler s the long goodbye 1973 elliott gould as private detective philip marlowe.