The Long Goodbye
Philip Marlowe, Book 6
by Raymond Chandler
Recommended by 4 notable people, including Jordan Peterson and Andy Greenwald
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Recommended by 6 sources and appears in About Los Angeles, Most Recommended Books, and Mystery & Crime.
The Long Goodbye is a classic novel by Raymond Chandler, the master of hardboiled crime.Downandout 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 co...
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Recommended by 6 sources and appears in About Los Angeles, Most Recommended Books, and Mystery & Crime.
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James Franco
“Chandler, "The Long Goodbye;" Thornberg, "Dreamland;" Hughes, "In a Lonely Place;" Ellroy, "LA Confidential." And”
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