Whatever its power, it may be the most personal of Chandler’s novels, or at least we get a more personally engaged Marlowe here. I cannot help but think that the final swipe was aimed at people like Mickey Spillane who had become quite popular in the 1950s, while the more cerebral Marlowe had lost some steam as Chandler’s own disenchantment in the genre, disgust with life in Hollywood, and continued dependence on alcohol took their toll. Like many returning veterans whose eyes have been opened, Terry Lennox turns to drink. Readers of The Long Goodbye may already be familiar with Philip Marlowe from Chandler’s The Big Sleep. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. Like Terry Lennox, Roger Wade is a bit of a drinker—more than a bit, actually. But Chandler was never much for tight plotting, but could scarcely be beat in setting up a scene and for the crispness of his language, an ability he still demonstrates in the penultimate work of his career. Private investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a … As a mystery novel, The Long Goodbye is not as sharply written as his first novels, The Big Sleep and Farewell, My Lovely. If you’re using a PC or Mac you can read this ebook online in a web browser, without downloading anything or installing software. The Long Goodbye (1953) is the sixth of seven mystery novels by Raymond Chandler featuring Los Angeles P.I. resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. Now is a time of bubble companies, not of market bubbles, Remember 1929 when looking for the cause of the coming financial crisis, Low rates and lofty stocks offer case for alternatives, Debt collectors bulk up to deal with US property loan defaults, Investors flee US junk bond funds as concern for the economy grows, The end of ‘big weddings’ — and why I won’t be weeping, Puff Daddy: a man, a clarinet, a midlife crisis, FT/McKinsey business book of the year shortlist announced, Why ‘hybrid’ working spells trouble for companies, Quantum computing: randomness as a service, The contagious risks and rewards of remote working. The Long Goodbye "The Long Goodbye" is the sixth novel in Chandler's Philip Marlowe universe, written some years after Chandler's other Marlowe novels and at a time when Chandler was going through a rough patch. In a letter to his editor, Bernice Baumgarten, which accompanied a draft of the novel, Chandler expresses his growing dissatisfaction with the formulaic nature of detective fiction, a genre he had become weary of. In a catalog of blondes, which begins, “There are blondes and blondes, and it is almost a joke word nowadays…”, Marlowe snidely dismisses the “brainy” blonde, who reads “The Waste Land or Dante in the original.” “She adores music and when the New York Philharmonic is playing Hindemith she can tell you which one of the six bass viols came in a quarter of a beat too late. The writer’s wry, companionable late-style infuses this fictionalised memoir. SocGen’s maths geeks built an empire: do the sums still add up? See details. Chapter 111 - Saying Goodbye. You can read this eBook on any device that supports DRM-free EPUB or DRM-free PDF format.