Edgar Award Best Novel Winner
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
Summary
Private detective Philip Marlowe befriends the troubled drunk Terry Lennox, then finds himself entangled when Lennox flees to Mexico amid his wife's murder. Raymond Chandler weaves a melancholy meditation on loyalty, friendship, and corruption through Los Angeles wealth and rot, with prose far more reflective than the usual hard boiled mystery. Many readers consider it Chandler's finest and most personal Marlowe novel.
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Historical Context & Significance
It was the sixth of Raymond Chandler's seven Philip Marlowe novels and later inspired Robert Altman's 1973 film adaptation.