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The Long Goodbye is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1953, centered on his famous detective Philip Marlowe. Some critics consider it inferior to The Big Sleep or Farewell, My Lovely, but others rank it as the best of his work. Review of The Read More..

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Description	The Long Goodbye is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1953, centered on his famous detective Philip Marlowe. Some critics consider it inferior to The Big Sleep or Farewell, My Lovely, but others rank it as the best of his work. Review of The Long Goodbye, New York Times, April 25, 1954. Chandler himself, in a letter to a friend, called the novel "my best book" and recalled the agony of writing it while his wife was terminally ill.The novel is notable for using hard-boiled detective fiction as a vehicle for social criticism and for including autobiographical elements from Chandler's life.In 1955, the novel received the Edgar Award for Best Novel.
Description	The Long Goodbye is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1953, centered on his famous detective Philip Marlowe. Some critics consider it inferior to The Big Sleep or Farewell, My Lovely, but others rank it as the best of his work. Review of The Long Goodbye, New York Times, April 25, 1954. Chandler himself, in a letter to a friend, called the novel "my best book" and recalled the agony of writing it while his wife was terminally ill.The novel is notable for using hard-boiled detective fiction as a vehicle for social criticism and for including autobiographical elements from Chandler's life.In 1955, the novel received the Edgar Award for Best Novel.

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Name	The Long Good-bye
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Authors	Raymond Chandler
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Genre	Detective fiction
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Series	Philip Marlowe
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Language	English
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