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The Long Goodbye

by Raymond Chandler

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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?

Chandler's unabashed masterpiece, this novel is his only work to truly transcend the pulp genre and rank as first-rate literature.

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Categories:

American Crime Mystery Noir Thriller Novels Fiction Classics

Language:

English

Length:

379 pages

Author:

Raymond Chandler
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