Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler’s sixth novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the “quintessential urban private eye” (Los Angeles Times). 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 … 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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a classic chandler… the wit that i appreciate.. the character, phillip marlowe is perfect. i recommend this book to detective stories, noir, wit.
Mark Twain defined a classic as “a book which people praise and don’t read.” The point is well-made, although Twain was fortunately wrong. People still read HUCKLEBERRY FINN, TOM SAWYER, A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT, and THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER.
They still read Raymond Chandler, too. Chandler, along with Dashiell Hammett and …
The sixth book in the Philip Marlowe series, “The Long Goodbye” is considerably longer than its predecessors, and stands out as quite different in terms of how the story develops. Written by an older Chandler, it abandons the standard rhythms of the series (and a lot of the private eye mystery-solving tropes) in favor of a more leisurely pace and …
It makes perfect sense that some readers consider this to be Chandler’s greatest Marlowe book, and some consider it to be not on par with the others. This book takes the time to explore fully the themes of loss and corruption and the all-around grime of the human condition, as well as the way a single person can stumble into one’s life and change …
One of my missions this year is to read the works of well-known crime writers, both old and current. As I have a preference for stories about private eyes and amateur sleuths, I chose Raymond Chandler’s Phillip Marlowe. I immediately liked the writing and style. The characters were pin sharp and well-drawn, and like many of the settings, …
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Nobody beats Raymond Chandler. His plots are intricate—you have to pay attention. P.I. Philip Marlowe is the perfect blend of world-weary cynicism with wary optimism. You know that he just won’t quit. Maybe my favorite trait of Chandler’s books is the dialog: although the novels are set In Los Angeles of many decades past, Marlowe sounds as …
Very predictable ending to a story that seemed to drag on forever. A lot of the verbiage is outdated and all I could hear in my ear while reading was Joe Friday ‘s deep voice. If you like vintage you might like this but I came close to putting it down before I finished it.
Raymond Chandler. Great writer and what he created was a whole book style. Hard boiled protagonist with a heart of gold, place descriptions vivid, plots unique and deep, dialogue snappy and full of colloquialisms of his day. Class and blast from the past.
The writing in this book is so excellent.
“She hung up and I set out the chessboard. I filled a pipe, paraded the chessmen and inspected them for French shaves and loose buttons, and played a championship tournament game between Gortchakoff and Meninkin, seventy-two moves to a draw, a prize specimen of the irresistible force meeting the immovable …
For the mystery writer, start here. It is a primer in how good writing can be a page turner instead of inane action. It is also a good antidote to the formulized and forgettable fiction of today.
I hope that one day I can reach this level of craftsmanship