The Long Good-bye (Paperback)

A classic novel by Raymond Chandler, the master of hard-boiled crime, The Long Good-Bye is the sixth novel featuring laconic PI Philip Marlowe 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 his only friend in the world: Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator. He's willing to help a man down on his luck, but later, Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty. Marlowe finds himself 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 more stiffs will turn up before he gets to the truth? 'Anything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the first sentence' Daily Telegraph 'One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain' Sunday Times 'Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes' Anthony Burgess

General

Imprint:	Penguin Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Phillip Marlowe
Release date:	October 2010
First published:	October 2010
Authors:	Raymond Chandler
Introduction by:	Jeffery Deaver
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	447
ISBN-13:	978-0-241-95436-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > General
LSN:	0-241-95436-3
Barcode:	9780241954362

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