Is raymond Chandler's novel The Long Goodbye really worth reading?

Not long ago, I saw the "Long Farewell" that ranked in the top ten on the good book list, and after reading the evaluation and novel positioning, I decided to start.

It took three days to read the book, and it has to be said that the author, Raymond Chandler, is worthy of being called a tough guy in the novel industry, known for creating cold-storage and literary hardcore detective novels. This book is his masterpiece, which has won the Edgar Allan Poe Award, which enjoys a high reputation in the world of speculative fiction. His male protagonist "Philip Marlowe" has a very strong character characteristic, with a debauched and lonely and eccentric personality, and does not skimp on his typical British gentlemanly demeanor. The whole novel revolves around three things: cigarettes, spirits, and women.

The positioning of the novel is a mystery suspense novel, and I believe that every boy has a reasoning dream hidden in his heart. The big reversal at the end of the story is even more unexpected, and I have to lament the strength of Chandler's conception.

The story begins with an unremarkable bar in which an elegant and courteous drunk meets the poor but noble male protagonist Marlowe, who is sent back by Marlowe, and the two develop a sincere and sad friendship. The friendship was rigged in a murder shortly afterwards. The drunkard's wife mysteriously died at home, and the drunkard undoubtedly became the biggest suspect target, Marlowe sent the drunk man to the airport, the drunk man under the supervision of the police gave Marlowe a huge $5,000 bill as a thank you and farewell, but after this series of serial murders, let this farewell continue...

Raymond Chandler's novels focus heavily on the detailed descriptions of the scenes and characters. Simple and powerful conversations will make you feel an invisible charm. In his pen you can clearly feel a lonely city and a frustrated man, and you can even feel the choking breath of cigarette after cigarette in the book. That sense of suffocation and substitution will make you quickly integrate into the character. Feel the life of the male protagonist from the first perspective.

I think he's looking for a breakthrough in The Long Goodbye, but the language of the characters still reveals cleverness and the ability to penetrate your mind; "The girl took one look at him, and her eyes were enough to poke into his body and then four inches from behind. "Dead people are the best scapegoats in the world. He would never refute it. "Her smile is rigid, and her eyes are so sharp that you can even count how much money you have in your wallet." Many people are obsessed with Chandler because of his language, and he exposes the drunken fans of Los Angeles and the ugliness of capital to the fullest.

The above sharp sword-like lines make people can't help but lament the charm of language, but there is no lack of emotional color in the book. If I had to pick out my favorite one, it would be Marlowe's inner monologue at the end of the novel after tangling with a woman; "I put my arms around her, and she lay on my shoulder and wept." She wasn't in love with me, I knew, and she knew. She wasn't crying because of me. It was only time for her to shed a few tears. "Compared with contemporary waterless emotional copywriting, I think what is more directly striking is self-awareness.

The last page of the novel is only a short line, and the deepest part of the human heart is still warm, even if it is Marlowe, whose heart is like steel.

"The Long Farewell" is one of the most embarrassing books I have read in recent years, and I hope that readers will have the opportunity to feel the tough guy in the tough guy's pen and feel a different kind of charm.