6/6/2023 0 Comments Novel the long goodbyeBut does even Wade know the nature of his own guilty secret? Why, if Lennox is dead, do a gangster, a millionaire, and a powerful attorney keep warning Marlowe to stop thinking about him? Is there any connection between the come-ons of Mrs. Despite his better judgment, Marlowe becomes the writer's confidant. Wade's wife and agent plead for help from Marlowe despite the detective's protest that he can't protect a man from himself. His reputation for loyalty lands him a job offer in Idle Valley, where he is asked to look after another problem drinker, the guilt-ridden novelist Roger Wade. When Lennox is reported dead, Marlowe is freed. Philip Marlowe's loyalty to Terry Lennox, a suave, alcoholic war veteran, lands him in the cooler when the cops suspect that Lennox has murdered his wife and received Marlowe's aid in fleeing the country. Setting: urban middle-class and wealthy homes, shady and run-down officesĬonfusion reigns supreme in this ambitious novel.
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