The novels 'The Long Goodbye' and 'Farewell, My Lovely' feature which fictional detective?
The Long Goodbye (novel) The Long Goodbye (novel) The Long Goodbye is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1953, his sixth novel featuring the private investigator Philip Marlowe. Some critics consider it inferior to "The Big Sleep" or "Farewell, My Lovely", but others rank it as the best of his work. Chandler, in a letter to a friend, called the novel "my best book". The novel is notable for using hard-boiled detective fiction as a vehicle for social criticism and for including autobiographical elements from Chandler's life. In 1955, the novel received the Edgar Award for Best Novel. It was later adapted as
Farewell, My Lovely the book. In the opening episode of the television series "Bored to Death", the character Jonathan Ames, played by Jason Schwartzman, is inspired to become a private detective after reading the book. The novel's title was used as the subtitle of the Japanese version of the video game "", but this reference was lost in the translation. The fourth and final case in the video game "" is called "Farewell, My Turnabout," a reference to the novel's title. Farewell, My Lovely Farewell, My Lovely is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1940, the second novel he wrote featuring the