A review by eacolgan
The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler

5.0

I love noir to the bottom of my soul, and this is the perfect model of the genre. Marlowe is the embodiment of "hard-boiled", but in this book he just can't dodge the need to figure out what happened to his friend, to unravel the mystery around his death. The way Chandler writes about L.A. is so stark and lonely, but gorgeous, and the way the plot threads weave together prove what a master he is at mysteries. I love this book so much.