The Long Goodbye

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Author

Raymond Chandler

Year

1953

Genre

Noir detective novel

Primary setting

Los Angeles, mid-20th century

Best read in

Too-late night, low light, something vaguely smoky

Mood level

World-weary, poetic, slightly drunk

Page count

≈380

My take

Marlowe spends most of the book tired, loyal, and disappointed, which is basically adulthood with better metaphors.