num_pages: 285
description: 'Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off...'The first time that Marlowe met Terry Lennox, the man was drunk. The second time he was even drunker than the first.Marlowe meant to ask him why he'd had to have his face reconstructed and the rest of the story of his life. He didn't ask him, but if he had it just possibly might have saved a couple of lives. Just possibly, no more.Then there was Captain Gregorius, the sort of cop who solved crimes with a night stick to the base of the spine. For Marlowe it's always the way. You're a good guy. You do someone a favour or three and then you're all of a sudden right up to your neck...
language: English
title: The Long Good-Bye
titlecomplete: The Long Good-Bye
characters: Mendy Menendez, Dr. Verringer, Sewell Endicott, Dr. Amos Varley, Lonnie Morgan, Howard Spencer, Dr. Lester Vukanich, Terry Lennox, Mr. Grenz, Candy, Harlan Potter, Linda Loring, Chick Agostino, Roger Wade, Eileen Wade, Philip Marlowe, Detective Dayton, George Peters, Sergeant Green, Bernie Ohls, Captain Gregorius, Dr. Edward Loring
genres: Fiction, American, Mystery, Thriller, Noir, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Classics, Novels, Crime
ratings_count: 41263
places: California, Los Angeles, California
series: Philip Marlowe
awards: awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: CWA Best Ever
category: Crime Novel
publisher: Pan Books