description: 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.
language: English
title: The Long Goodbye
titlecomplete: The Long Goodbye
characters: Eileen Wade, Roger Wade, Captain Gregorius, Mendy Menendez, Dr. Verringer, Philip Marlowe, Harlan Potter, Sergeant Green, Sewell Endicott, Linda Loring, Chick Agostino, Dr. Amos Varley, Detective Dayton, Lonnie Morgan, George Peters, Mr. Grenz, Dr. Lester Vukanich, Candy, Howard Spencer, Dr. Edward Loring, Terry Lennox, Bernie Ohls
genres: American, Detective, Thriller, Novels, Crime, Noir, Classics, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 41243
places: Los Angeles, California, California
series: Philip Marlowe
awards: awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: CWA Best Ever
category: Crime Novel
publisher: Phoenix Books