CHANDLER Raymond - Farewell, doll / FIRST EDITION

One of the most famous detective novels in the history of literature and one of the most memorable beginnings: detective Philip Marlowe accidentally meets the powerful criminal Mouse Malloy, who, after being released from prison, is searching for his girlfriend, naively believing in the permanence of her feelings. But nothing is the same now as it was years ago: the pub has changed its character, the loot from the bank robbery has disappeared, and the girl.... Well, that's it! Only a naive person can believe in love. Such is the world described by Chandler.
Marlowe, the last righteous man, surprising himself, helps Malloy and gets embroiled in a game in which he only finds confirmation of his bitter knowledge of the world. The line between the vanity and criminal classes is blurred. One and the other are guided in life by virtually the same motives: to get money and live pleasantly. And the law? The law is just one instrument to facilitate this.

Issue I, in the iconic "With the Dachshund" series.

Czytelnik, Warsaw 1969

Format: 175 x 130 mm, 312s.

Light soiling and creasing of spine, small signature on title page.