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... of phrase in there. I'm sure I'll reread it at some point, and I'll do it with a pencil in hand this time. I'm moving on to The Long Goodbye next.

... and just because these are all in the library (I have 8 from the list) and TBR): 1 - Empire of the Sun - Ballard 2 - The long goodbye - Chandler 3 - The big sleep - Chandler 4 - Heart of Darkness - Conrad 5 - The picture of Dorian Gray - Wilde 6 - The strange case of Dr. Jekyll ...

Just catching up on your thread and laughing at your reason for reading The Long Goodbye! You summed up beautifully my reason for reading some Murakami earlier this year. I made it to the end of that, too, but it was a struggle! I do like detective fiction but might skip The Long Goodbye ...

... target="_blank"> The Long Goodbye - review From my review: For quite some time now, my husband had ...

About halfway through The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler. Taut & terse & terrific. Bit disappointed by The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin. I think I was seduced by the natty Penguin Classic Crime cover when it caught my eye in Oxfam. The book that has most challenged my ...

... The Rainbow Stories Pretty much anything by Philip K. Dick. Running With Scissors Me Talk Pretty One Day The Long Goodbye A very dry sort of humor. How to Talk Dirty and Influence People

the long goodbye

... l.com/115938.html">review 59. The Snow Geese - review 58. The Long Goodbye - review 57. One of Ours - review ...

... I do keep meaning to read it but for some irrational reason wanted to finish Tale of Genji Also may I suggest The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler its my favourite after Farewell My Lovely.

... they exemplify the best of 1800's literature, but with a modern sensibility. Farewell My Lovely The Big Sleep The Long Goodbye The Maltese Falcon The Thin Man You either enjoy noir or you don't. If you do, these are all amazing. Borges Ficciones Labyrinths Hell Yeah ...

... I guess Raymond Chandler can be an acquired taste but I do think its worth trying. Farewell my Lovely is my favourite but The Long Goodbye is a close second. In both books you can tell he put a lot of himself in there.

and now for No 75.... 75. The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler Just perfect.. I decided to celebrate by rereading a book from my favourite author. All I will say is if you haven't tried him yet you are missing out. No one comes close in the noir genre, his books are utterly ...

... not to add the current one until it has been solved but must have got a bit carried away this morning. So we're still on The Long Goodbye.

What do you know? I have! And hopefully I found an unread book speedily enough this time. The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler doesn't appear to be listed. Anyone?

The Long Goodbye was confusing to me (and I loved The Big Sleep). What kept me going was Chandler's style. I love his words. I don't want to warn you off of it though, I hope you find that it suits you. Congrats on finishing a category! I haven't done that yet, though hopefully I ...

... which includes not only The Big Sleep but also Farewell my Lovely and The Long Goodbye; I shall read the other two, but not just yet. (I've removed the strikethrough from completed categories so that the lists are easier to read, but ...

It was quite good. Not the best crime fiction I've ever read, but I may pick up some more of the Ripley books. 13. The Long Good-Bye by Raymond Chandler

... his Los Angeles than the real one. At least I would. I could never tire of reading his books. The Little Sister The Long Goodbye The High Window The Lady in the Lake The Big Sleep

17. The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler - great atmosphere, but an overly convoluted plot and moments that left me unconvinced.

... 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot by Richard Wiseman 77. Coraline By Neil Gaiman 76. Stiff by Mary Roach 75. The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler 74. Freakangels V2 by Warren Ellis (artist) and Paul Duffield (artist) 73. The Boys V4: We gotta go now by Garth Ennis (author) ...

>13. Thanks, I hope so too. I have Farewell my Lovely and The Long Goodbye in the same volume; I'm hoping to get to those in 2009 as well, but I thought I'd better leave some spaces for books I decide on later.

... spin off new difficulties in order to ensnare the protagonist--sort of like what happens in Raymond Chandler's aptly-named The long Goodbye. Of course, now that I think of it, I could probably toss off a number of exceptions (An Instance of the Fingerpost for one) but still.... There's a ...

The Killing of Sister George by Frank Marcus The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor No Orchids for Miss Blandish by James Hadley Chase Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov

The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler

... know. Let's see if I can't move you the next step along towards restoring your faith in this series. If you haven't read The Long Goodbye (TLG) yet then, since I know you're a fan of his, make sure you read that one next. It's probably Chandler's best novel from a literary perspective. But, ...

... 5 star reads (i.e., I considered them both better outings than the Turow). #1 on my list is now Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye and #2 is now John D. MacDonald's The Deep Blue Goodby. I suspect from your comments in post #41 that you've already read the Chandler, so why don't ...

... and disliked the movie. What I really enjoy is when the book is very dissimilar to the book and both are great. Example: The Long Goodbye.

... andler(6/06/08) 19.The Lady in the Lake- Raymond Chandler(6/14/08) 20.The Little Sister-Raymond Chandler(6/19/018) 21.The Long Goodbye-Raymond Chandler(6/20/08) 22.Playback-Raymond Chandler(6/23/08) 23.Have You Found Her- Janice Erlbaum(6/24/08) 24.Possible Side Effects-Augusten Bu ...

At Large and At Small The Long Goodbye Little Big Man Five Little Peppers and How They Grew The Mammoth Hunters

Forced to pick one, it would be The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler. Pure genius that one. Maltese Falcon by Hammett and Fast One by Paul Cain would follow close behind.

The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler. Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie. The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler.

... sometimes, especially if the relationships between them are really complex--I would have completely lost the entire plot of The Long Goodbye without my chart. :) Some mysteries come with a "Cast of Characters" in the front for exactly that reason. Anyway, then you can write in clues or motive or ...

Just finished the long good-bye and am now reading murder must advertise. I've just ordered making money and the eyre affair from amazon.

... orange either - I feel a bit scared, like when I read disgrace and was unsettled for days. The more I read of the long goodbye the more it reminds me of the great gatsby with some P.I. vitriol thrown in. Anyone else think so? I don't know what to read next. I saw the rossetti ...

Starting The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler. Been reading all his works. Although sometimes the plot is a little dense and hard to follow, overall the books are great.

Just starting the long goodbye and gaudi afternoon

I've always liked Raymond Chandler's book titles (and the books themselves,of course) The Big Sleep The Long Goodbye Farewell, My Lovely

... which seemed to last for several days. Otherwise, I'm not a purist. I really liked Robert Altman's adaptation of The Long Goodbye which takes tremendous liberties wih the plot, but 'works' as a film nonetheless.

... I'd have to offer three favourites: The Code of the Woosters P G Wodehouse The Third Policeman Flann O'Brien The Long Goodbye Raymond Chandler

18. 100 Bullets: Hang Up On The Hang Low, by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso 19. The Long Goodbye, by Raymond Chandler

Rounding out my Chandler stable with The Long Goodbye, by Raymond Chandler. I also picked up Tender is the Night, Tristram Shandy, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, The Virgin Suicides, Robinson Crusoe, and Hard Times at the library today. I'm planning/hoping to get ...

I have numerous favourites, but one I`ve always loved from when I first read it around 20 years ago is The long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler. I was inspired to read it by the Robert Altman film, as I recall.

... to 'recuperate' in Switzerland because her freidns think she's a bit mad, is something that happened in the 1880s. 3. The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler One of my LA purchases. Enjoyed it. 4. Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh I have previously read Handful of Dust and hated it. ...

Just finished The Long Goodbye and have just started Stiff. I'm stuck at home waiting for the exterminator, so I have plenty of reading time.

The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler

#45 Huzzah for Crooked Little Vein! I know, it's dinky. But it's filled with love! And rat pee. American Gods The Long Goodbye

American Gods The Long Goodbye

I. Need. To. Stop. Buying. Books. American Gods The Long Goodbye I also had Medical Detectives in my hand, but my friend did an intervention and took it away. Now I'm annoyed with her. And myself, for asking her to do so.

Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth Leaving Normal by Stef Ann Holm Sail Away :155 American Folk Songs

I'd like an example, too, but I think The Long Goodbye has a pretty intricate plot.

Inspired by a recent trip to Los Angeles, I'm reading The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler and enjoying it. I haven't read a detective story in a long time.

... book still on `books to be read` shelf, along with another by Greene. Nick & Ann-Marie Everybody, I saw Altman`s The Long Goodbye with Elliott Gould before reading the book. I`d seen the Bogart Chandler films (i.e. films of Chandler books featuring Bogart. There isn`t a person called B ...

... Seattle. Oddly, she doesn`t share my love of gangster films and even (shudder) didn`t get anyting out of Altman`s film of The Long Goodbye feat. Elliott Gould or Men of respect with John Turturro. Worse than that, I read both Bridget Jones` Diary and The Secretary by Serena Mackesy ...

... film noir, yet this would leave out more modern examples that are worthy of the name, like the 70's modern day remake of The Long Goodbye, the Coen Brothers' Miller's Crossing (an uncredited remake of The Glass Key) and Big Lebowski (modern rehash of The Maltese Falcon), or even ...

... goes - with the caveat that I more interested in finding new stuff than flagging what I've already read. In no order: The Long Goodbye Raymond Chandler The Postman always rings twice James M. Cain A rage in Harlem Chester Himes The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett ...

... has been The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. But, my all-time favorite book is probably Dune, followed closely by The Long Goodbye.

... William Gibson before the movie. The title, The Long Kiss Goodnight always reminded me of some hard-boiled titles, The Long Goodbye and Kiss Her Goodbye.

Tartalom - glad to have you. :) I finally got a copy of The Long Goodbye last month, and I'm hoping to read it on a plane NEXT month - if I can wait that long. I have to thank film noir for introducing me to the genre... in books and film. But only some 15 years ago, with no reading till ...

Do'h. Square brackets! I'll try again - you should all read The Long Goodbye as well as The Pledge.