The Long Goodbye (1953)
The Long Goodbye is a 1953 los angeles (calif.) book written by Raymond Chandler.
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.
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What is The Long Goodbye about?
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.
When was The Long Goodbye published?
The Long Goodbye was published in 1953.
Who made The Long Goodbye?
The Long Goodbye was written by Raymond Chandler.
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