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| Author | Raymond Chandler |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Philip Marlowe |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton (UK) Houghton Mifflin (US) |
Publication date | 1953 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 320 pp |
| Preceded by | The Little Sister |
| Followed by | Playback |
| Text | The Long Good-bye online |
The Long Good-bye is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1953, his sixth novel featuring the private investigator Philip Marlowe. Some critics consider it inferior to The Big Sleep or Farewell, My Lovely, but others rank it as the best of his work.[1] Chandler, in a letter to a friend, called the novel "my best book".[2]
The novel is notable for using hard-boiled detective fiction as a vehicle for social criticism and for including autobiographical elements from Chandler's life. In 1955, the novel received the Edgar Award for Best Novel. It was later adapted as a 1973 film of the same name, updated to 1970s Los Angeles and starring Elliott Gould.
- ^ Review of The Long Goodbye, New York Times, April 25, 1954.
- ^ Chandler, Raymond (2000). The Raymond Chandler Papers: Selected Letters and Nonfiction, 1909–1959 (Paperback ed.). Grove Press Books. p. 228. ISBN 0-8021-3946-9.