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The Long Goodbye

by Raymond Chandler · 1953

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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, who he's divorced and re-married 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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mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of thisdetectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of thisprivate investigatorprivate investigatorMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of this
Themes
murdermurderMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1950s1950sMore like thisLess of thisLos AngelesLos AngelesMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 379 pages

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