The long good-bye

lingua French

Pubblicato il 08 Settembre 2004 da Éditions Gallimard.

ISBN:: 978-2-07-042997-4

(1 recensione)

La première fois que Marlowe vit Terry Lennox, visage jeune et cheveux blancs, il était fin soûl dans une Rolls Royce Silver Wraith. La fille à ses côtés, chevelure d'un magnifique blond vénitien, sourire vague aux lèvres, portait sur les épaules un vison si prestigieux que, près de lui, la Rolls ne semblait plus qu'un tacot de série. Cette amitié spontanée de Marlowe pour cet ancien commando au charisme énigmatique amène le privé à passer des frontières que son métier rendait a priori infranchissables. Terry Lennox n'a pas fini de le surprendre. S'il est innocent des crimes dont on l'accuse, il est aussi le centre d'un jeu mortel où la tragédie triomphe sans égale.

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Jon Nixon ha recensito The Long Goodbye di Raymond Chandler

Review of 'The Long Goodbye' on 'Storygraph'

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I binged the Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely and The Long Goodbye without any gaps. I loved them all but think I may have to take a break before moving on to the other Chandler novels.

By now I’ve picked up the tropes and structures of these stories. There’s always pleanty of gangsters, crooked cops and beautiful women. One of the beautiful women is a murderer (but not the only murderer). There’s often a rich old man with two spoiled daughters. There’s always a double case; one in the first half which you think is solved, then another in the second half which turns out to be linked to the first one. There’s always an unsettling early twentieth century undercurrent of racism and homophobia which you have to hold your nose through.

The Long Goodbye is probably my least favourite of the three so far but it’s still a great …

I binged the Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely and The Long Goodbye without any gaps. I loved them all but think I may have to take a break before moving on to the other Chandler novels.

By now I’ve picked up the tropes and structures of these stories. There’s always pleanty of gangsters, crooked cops and beautiful women. One of the beautiful women is a murderer (but not the only murderer). There’s often a rich old man with two spoiled daughters. There’s always a double case; one in the first half which you think is solved, then another in the second half which turns out to be linked to the first one. There’s always an unsettling early twentieth century undercurrent of racism and homophobia which you have to hold your nose through.

The Long Goodbye is probably my least favourite of the three so far but it’s still a great read. The descriptions, dialogue and one liners are always wonderful. I found the switch between the two cases more jarring in this one as the second case wasn’t very interesting at first (it gets better). Also, after the second case is solved there is a lot of loose end tying which drags a bit, but the last chapter is great.