The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
Taste attributes: crimedetectivemysteryfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricateenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemsfish out of water/culture clashself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeExpect a morally murky, serious crime novel, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.1 / 5
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About This Book
In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye, Philip Marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with the scars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry Lennox has a very wealthy nymphomaniac wife, whom he divorced and remarried and who ends up dead. And now Lennox is on the lam and the cops and a crazy gangster are after Marlowe.
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- Author
- Raymond Chandler
- Published
- 1953
- Pages
- 320
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