The Long Goodbye

De: Raymond Chandler

Narrado por: Scott Brick

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe • Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson.

In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye, Philip Marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with the scars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry Lennox has a very wealthy nymphomaniac wife, whom he divorced and remarried and who ends up dead. And now Lennox is on the lam and the cops and a crazy gangster are after Marlowe.

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"Raymond Chandler is a master." --The New York Times

“[Chandler] wrote as if pain hurt and life mattered.” --The New Yorker

“Chandler seems to have created the culminating American hero: wised up, hopeful, thoughtful, adventurous, sentimental, cynical and rebellious.” --Robert B. Parker, The New York Times Book Review

“Philip Marlowe remains the quintessential urban private eye.” --Los Angeles Times

“Nobody can write like Chandler on his home turf, not even Faulkner. . . . An original. . . . A great artist.” —The Boston Book Review

“Raymond Chandler was one of the finest prose writers of the twentieth century. . . . Age does not wither Chandler’s prose. . . . He wrote like an angel.” --Literary Review

“[T]he prose rises to heights of unselfconscious eloquence, and we realize with a jolt of excitement that we are in the presence of not a mere action tale teller, but a stylist, a writer with a vision.” --Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Review of Books

“Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence.” —Ross Macdonald

“Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude.” --Erle Stanley Gardner

“Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since.” --Paul Auster

“[Chandler]’s the perfect novelist for our times. He takes us into a different world, a world that’s like ours, but isn’t. ” --Carolyn See

Interesting, a little dated

Some dated racial references, probably to be expected from that era. Pacing somewhat inconsistent. Good style.

A mixed bag

The story had a great beginning and ending, but the middle was a slog. The narrator at first felt corny, but his voice was right for the story. He did a good job.

Stellar on all counts

Chandler writes a first read story with plenty for Philip Marlowe to do. Scott brick does a wonderful job, keeping the characters alive and the rhythm of the story moving along nicely. Highly recommended!

excellent story excellent reading

some of the best narration I have heard on an audiobook. it's amazing that one narrator can do a better job than a whole cast

Great mystery

Great mystery but dated over macho deliver, music between chapters way over dramatic . Marlow too self righteous

This is my first book by Raymond Chandler

I loved it. Incredible writing talent. Now I am going to read everything written by Chandler.
Perfectly done by Scott Brick

Noir 1954 Classic Delivered Flawlessly

Two for One Credit sale is great when Scott Brick narrates both classics from this author. So glad this story was purchased from the estate and recorded for us listening fans. If you are a movie buff and are familiar with this author, then as a fan you will purchase when this wonderful opportunity comes up again.
I did not read any of this author’s work, i only watched the films that were made so hearing Mr Brick narrate, was a treat and I got to hear rather than watch this good classic.
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Wonderful Story

My favorite Raymond Chandler book. The narration is very good, but Ray Porter is Phillip Marlowe for me.

One of his best

For some reason I thought I had read this years ago. I've a big Chandler fan and love his stories. But I found I had not read it so I got it from Audible and loved it. It's longer and more complex than other Chandler works but no less puzzling and entertaining. The Marlowe in this story is a bit more hard boiled and rough edged but no less introspective and aware. If you've enjoyed other Chandler books, definitely try this one.

Classic LA Noir

The musical interludes were great atmospheric additions. Scott Brick is a great reader, and capture the mood perfectly.