The Long Goodbye

Marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with the scars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry Lennox has a very wealthy nymphomaniac wife, who he's divorced and re-married and who ends up dead. and now Lennox is on the lam and the cops and a crazy gangster are after Marlowe. The Long Goodbye. Raymond Chandler. Penguin Readers. Level 6 Advanced (3000 words). Philip Marlowe likes terry Lennox. So, when Lennox’s wife is murdered, Marlowe helps him to leave the country. The police arrest Marlowe, but then release him and tell him to forget everything. Of course, Marlowe does not forget.. Penguin Readers are simplified texts designed in association with Longman, the world famous educational publisher, to provide a step-by-step approach to the joys of reading for pleasure. Each book has an introduction and extensive activity material. They are published at seven levels from Easystart (200 words) to Advanced (3000 words).