description: Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out of LA fast. So he turns to the only friend he can trust: private investigator Philip Marlowe. Marlowe is willing to help a man down on his luck, but later Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty. Marlowe is drawn into a sordid crowd of adulterers and alcoholics in LA's Idle Valley, where the rich are suffering one big suntanned hangover. Marlowe is sure Lennox didn't kill his wife, but how many stiffs will turn up before he gets to the truth?
language: English
title: The Long Goodbye
titlecomplete: The Long Goodbye
characters: Lonnie Morgan, Detective Dayton, Sergeant Green, Dr. Edward Loring, Dr. Verringer, Mr. Grenz, Howard Spencer, Dr. Lester Vukanich, Terry Lennox, Philip Marlowe, George Peters, Sewell Endicott, Eileen Wade, Linda Loring, Captain Gregorius, Mendy Menendez, Candy, Harlan Potter, Chick Agostino, Roger Wade, Bernie Ohls, Dr. Amos Varley
genres: Crime, American, Classics, Novels, Thriller, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Detective, Mystery
ratings_count: 41252
places: California, Los Angeles, California
series: Philip Marlowe
awards: awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: CWA Best Ever
category: Crime Novel
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company