In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye, Philip Marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with the scars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry Lennox has a very wealthy nymphomaniac wife, whom he divorced and remarried and who ends up dead. And now Lennox is on the lam and the cops and a crazy gangster are after Marlowe.
In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye, Philip Marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with the scars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry Lennox has a very wealthy nymphomaniac wife, whom he divorced and remarried and who ends up dead. And now Lennox is on the lam and the cops and a crazy gangster are after Marlowe.
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Philip Marlowe
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Detective fiction acquired a distinctively atmospheric, hard-boiled voice through crime stories featuring Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe. Raymond Chandler began his novelistic career in middle age, crafting intricately plotted detective stories set against the backdrop of mid-century Southern California vice, oil wealth, and urban corruption. His debut novel, The Big Sleep, introduced Marlowe to readers and established a landmark model for modern noir mystery writing.
Born in Chicago in 1888, Chandler moved to South London with his mother following his parents' separation. He received a classical education at Dulwich College starting in 1900 and later studied international law in France and Germany. After working for the British Civil Service, teaching briefly, and contributing poetry and essays to publications such as The Westminster Gazette and The Academy, he returned to the United States in 1912. He served in the Canadian Army during the First World War and subsequently settled in California, marrying Cissy Pascal in 1924 and working as an auditor and executive for Dabney Oil Syndicate.
When Chandler lost his oil company job during the Great Depression in 1932 at age 44, he turned to writing detective fiction. He published his first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", in Black Mask pulp magazine in 1933. After seven years of writing for pulp publications, he published his first novel, The Big Sleep, in 1939 at age 51. Chandler went on to publish seven complete novels in his lifetime, as well as working as a Hollywood screenwriter. Almost all of his novels were adapted into motion pictures before his death in La Jolla, California, in 1959.
Chandler's writing combined classical literary training with the sharp, cynical rhythms of American pulp fiction. His narratives focused extensively on the seamier side of Los Angeles, examining how vice and greed reached into every layer of society, from oil tycoons and film industry elites to street-level criminals. Central to his fiction is Philip Marlowe, a cynical yet honorable investigator navigating a corrupt urban landscape.
Rather than relying strictly on puzzle-like plot mechanics, Chandler emphasized mood, vivid imagery, sharp dialogue, and social observation. His work portrayed Southern California as a site where rapid economic growth, civic pretense, and hidden corruption intersected, influencing generations of crime writers and filmmakers.
3 books in catalog
Detective fiction acquired a distinctively atmospheric, hard-boiled voice through crime stories featuring Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe. Raymond Chandler began his novelistic career in middle age, crafting intricately plotted detective stories set against the backdrop of mid-century Southern California vice, oil wealth, and urban corruption. His debut novel, The Big Sleep, introduced Marlowe to readers and established a landmark model for modern noir mystery writing.
Born in Chicago in 1888, Chandler moved to South London with his mother following his parents' separation. He received a classical education at Dulwich College starting in 1900 and later studied international law in France and Germany. After working for the British Civil Service, teaching briefly, and contributing poetry and essays to publications such as The Westminster Gazette and The Academy, he returned to the United States in 1912. He served in the Canadian Army during the First World War and subsequently settled in California, marrying Cissy Pascal in 1924 and working as an auditor and executive for Dabney Oil Syndicate.
When Chandler lost his oil company job during the Great Depression in 1932 at age 44, he turned to writing detective fiction. He published his first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", in Black Mask pulp magazine in 1933. After seven years of writing for pulp publications, he published his first novel, The Big Sleep, in 1939 at age 51. Chandler went on to publish seven complete novels in his lifetime, as well as working as a Hollywood screenwriter. Almost all of his novels were adapted into motion pictures before his death in La Jolla, California, in 1959.
Chandler's writing combined classical literary training with the sharp, cynical rhythms of American pulp fiction. His narratives focused extensively on the seamier side of Los Angeles, examining how vice and greed reached into every layer of society, from oil tycoons and film industry elites to street-level criminals. Central to his fiction is Philip Marlowe, a cynical yet honorable investigator navigating a corrupt urban landscape.
Rather than relying strictly on puzzle-like plot mechanics, Chandler emphasized mood, vivid imagery, sharp dialogue, and social observation. His work portrayed Southern California as a site where rapid economic growth, civic pretense, and hidden corruption intersected, influencing generations of crime writers and filmmakers.
