The Long Goodbye
The Long Goodbye is a 1953 angel fiction novel by Raymond Chandler. The story is set in Los Angeles, Calif. and California. It features Private investigators- Marlowe; Philip. It deals with private investigators, Political, Hard-Boiled and Marlowe; Philip.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.1 out of 5 from 17 ratings, and 81 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 35 editions.
At about 320 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.
About The Long Goodbye
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.
Quick answers
Who wrote The Long Goodbye?
The Long Goodbye was written by Raymond Chandler and first published in 1953.
What genre is The Long Goodbye?
It is usually shelved as Angel Fiction.
How long is The Long Goodbye?
The median edition has 320 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Long Goodbye?
Readers who like it often enjoy A Darkness More Than Night, DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) and White Butterfly (Easy Rawlins Mysteries).
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