The Long Goodbye. Illustrated

In The Long Goodbye, Raymond Chandler crafts one of his most celebrated and emotionally complex novels, featuring the iconic private detective Philip Marlowe. Set against the backdrop of post-World War II Los Angeles, the novel explores themes of friendship, betrayal, and moral decay in a world where trust is a rare commodity. Marlowe becomes entangled in the lives of two troubled men: Terry Lennox, a war-scarred alcoholic with a mysterious past, and Roger Wade, a self-destructive novelist....