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 · The Long Goodbye () is the sixth of seven mystery novels by Raymond Chandler featuring Los Angeles P.I. Philip Marlowe. Some see it as the pinnacle of Chandler’s career as a mystery author, while others see it as less powerful than The Big Sleep and Farewell, My Lovely, two early novels. Whatever its power, it may be the most personal of Chandler’s novels, or at least we get a more . American-British writer Raymond Chandler’s crime fiction, The Long Goodbye (), is the sixth novel to feature his fictional detective hero Philip Marlowe. Set in Los Angeles sometime between and , the story follows Marlowe as he takes a case involving war-vet Terry Lenox. 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 /5().

The Long Goodbye () is the sixth of seven mystery novels by Raymond Chandler featuring Los Angeles P.I. Philip Marlowe. Some see it as the pinnacle of Chandler's career as a mystery author, while others see it as less powerful than The Big Sleep and Farewell, My Lovely, two early novels.. Whatever its power, it may be the most personal of Chandler's novels, or at least we get a more. Raymond Chandler: The Long Goodbye -- Goodbye (Conclusion of Chapter 53) "Y ou bought a lot of me, Terry. For a smile and a nod and a wave of the hand and a few quiet drinks in a quiet bar here and there. It was nice while it lasted. So long, amigo. I won't say goodbye. I said it to you when it meant something. The Long Goodbye opens with a famous first sentence: "The first time I laid eyes on Terry Lennox he was drunk in a Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith outside the terrace of The Dancers.". The "I," of course, is Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. Marlowe rescues Lennox from the drunk tank after Lennox's on-again, off-again wife leaves him.

The Long Goodbye is a American neo-noir thriller film directed by Robert Altman and based on Raymond Chandler's novel. The screenplay was written by Leigh Brackett, who co-wrote the screenplay for Chandler's The Big Sleep in The film stars Elliott Gould as Philip Marlowe and features Sterling Hayden, Nina Van Pallandt, Jim Bouton, Mark Rydell and an early uncredited appearance by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The story's period was moved from –50 to s Hollywood. The Long. The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler. First Edition, hardcover, pages, ISBN: Very rare, valuable First Edition. Pages clean, no library stamps, no annotations, no marks. Original dustjacket in excellent condition. An excellent collectible copy of this great work of literature by Raymond Chandler. Overview. 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 dead.