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I really enjoyed it, but so far I seem to be in the minority. However, I knew what to expect. In college working on my lit degree, I took a semester of detective fiction. The Long Goodbye was new to me, but I have read a bunch of Chandler and noir fiction.
The things that I liked most were the insights into Chandler's mind and his thought on the act of writing. I wonder if these were serious musings or self-deprecating humor? (I am too lazy to research it.). I found myself bookmarking those passages where he ponders writers and writing.
Was this book ever serialized? Because each episode could easily have been a stand-alone
Sure, the women were flat and sketchy. In this book, they are just furniture, decorative and someplace to hang a few plot points. Nothing suggests they matter at all, which is typical of detective fiction from that period. Also notice that the corpses are just left and ignored. Again, merely a tool to move the plot along.
Overall, I liked it and devoured it in two days.
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