Raymond Chandler: The Long Goodbye (Dramatised) Audiobook

" The book was all right. Maybe I would have found it better had I read it consistently instead of taking a few days off here and there. It sort of reminded me of a 1920s movie, the way the PI spoke and his I-don't-give-a-damn attitude. "

" i'm officially in love with Phillip Marlowe. and this book made me want a vodka gimlet. "

" No one is better than Chandler. He's some kind of crazy hybrid of poet and hard-boiled Noir guy. My favorite line: "There are one hundred ninety ways of being a bastard and Carne knew all of them." Where did he get such genius? I can't wait to read more Chandler. It's literary crack, and I need more! "

" My favorite Chandler novel. A rumination about friendship, responsibility, honor, obligation...made me very sad, I loved it. Also learned to like gimlets here. "

" Sentence for sentence, Raymond Chandler is one of the best writers in the history of the English language. "

" Surprisingly addictive, and endlessly charming in a tough kind of arrogant uniquely provocative way. "

" One of the most enjoyable books I've ever read. I loved Chandler's prose style and Marlowe is a badass! "

" I really enjoyed the set of Chandler's short stories, but the pithiness gets wearisome stretched over a whole novel. "

" Far, far better than most other things. "

" This ranks with "Farewell My Lovely" as the best of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe novels. It's not just a good crime story but is great literature. "

" nice to read a good old-fashioned detective story. I really enjoyed it! "

" A satisfying mystery. Chandler is not simply a master of the noir crime novel, he's also a sharp prose stylist and a perceptive observer of human nature. Marlowe's Laurel Canyon address should be as much a literary landmark as Sherlock's address on Baker St. "

" I think this is the best of *all* the detective fiction genre, hands down. But it's much more than that. It's true poetry, intrigue, gorgeous vintage California, noir satisfaction, and more more more. Chandler's greatest work. "

" I'm not a typically fan of mystery novels, but loved this book. Raymond Chandler's writing is in a class of its own, witty and surprisingly philosophical. Marlowe is pretty much impossible not to love. Highly recommend to everyone. "

" One the best from Chandler, and the most thoroughly complete story. I loved it. "

" How is it that Chandler manges to write so simply and yet produce natural and vivid prose? He does it with solid plotting too and a glut of memorable characters. "

" Nice to read one in the classic detective book genre "

" This is the real deal. "

" As for this book, "the French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are always right." C'est magnifique. "

" Amazing so far. Doing research for my own novel, and this guy was a total master. "

" The author's voice/making sense of the detective's character is the real interest here, not the plot. Is the hard-boiled detective really just misanthropic? "

" Excellent. To say anything else would lessen my feeling of rapture. "