漫長的告別（英文原版）

I was looking at life through the mists of a hangover. To say goodbye is to die a little. Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. The first divorce is the only tough one. After that its merely a problem in economics. You can hear those tough old eucalyptus trees across the street whispering to each other. Talking about old times in Australia when the wallabies hopped about underneath the branches and the koala bears rode piggyback on each other. Fear nothing, old boy. I got to make lots of dough to juice the guys I got to juice in order to make lots of dough to juice the guys I got to juice. There was a guy who really had a mission in life. They say the rich can always protect themselves and that in their world it is always summer. They always find a way to get it if they have to have it. There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. Everybody is running away from something. Goodbye and good luck, sir.

作爲非母語讀者讀起來這本書比較輕鬆，句子一般不太複雜也沒有很多高級的詞彙，很喜歡他的寫作風格，冷靜中偶爾蹦一個冷笑話出來。 Marlowe就像他自己說的，是個浪漫派，看起來tough但是內心柔軟，是個有意思的角色。

太多slang了，有些比較難懂。 劇情還是蠻有意思的，各種反轉中的反轉。

Pretty good story teller. Like the classification of blondes.