num_pages: 2
description: Ed Bishop stars as Philip Marlowe in this atmospheric BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Raymond Chandler's novel about the cynical, world-weary, wise cracking shamus whose honesty in a dishonest world sent him down the mean streets again and again.
language: English
title: The Long Goodbye
titlecomplete: The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
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: BBC Worldwide