The long goodbye
By: Raymond Chandler
Contributors: Penguin (Firm); Clays Ltd
Series: Penguin fiction
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [London, England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9780241985045
Copyright date: 1953
Subjects: Fiction; Private investigators; Détectives; Romans, nouvelles
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 his only friend in the world: 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 more stiffs will turn up before he gets to the truth?"--
Notes: "First published by Hamish Hamilton 1953. Published in Penguin Books 1959. Reissued in this edition 2010"--Title page verso

"Cover photo © Herald-Examiner Collection / Los Angeles Public Library"--Back cover