The Long Goodbye Volume 1 By Raymond Chandler When Philip Marlowe befriends down-on-his-luck veteran Terry Lennox he gets more than he bargained for. With Lennox's wife dead and Lennox himself on the lam, Marlowe becomes the target for the local cops and a crazy gangster, while getting mixed up with alcoholic writer Roger Wade and his wife Eileen. Nothing is what it seems as Marlowe unravels the Wades' scheme to expose the truth behind Lennox's facade. The most autobiographical of his novels, The Long Goodbye was considered by Chandler to be his best work. One of the preeminent examples of hard-boiled detective fiction, Adapted for radio, film and television, it received the 1955 Edgar Award for Best Novel. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

レイモンド・チャンドラーの最高峰『ロング・グッドバイ』。本作の本質は、孤独な探偵マーロウが貫く「騎士道」と、男たちの切ない友情の変遷にあります。テリーとの出会いから作家夫妻を巡る虚飾へと繋がる物語は、都市の頽廃と人間の多面性を浮き彫りにし、読者の魂を激しく揺さぶる文学的薫陶に満ちています。 映像化も名高いですが、活字による独白や比喩の妙は、テキストならではの深みです。映像版の演出と、原作の重厚な虚無感を対照させることで名作の真価はより鮮烈になり、心地よい感傷を幾倍にも深めてくれるでしょう。