--- product_id: 81859363 title: "Long Take" brand: "pan macmillan" price: "€ 35.64" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 category: "Book" url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/81859363-long-take store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # Long Take **Brand:** pan macmillan **Price:** € 35.64 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Long Take by pan macmillan - **How much does it cost?** € 35.64 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/81859363-long-take) ## Best For - pan macmillan enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted pan macmillan brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Long Take - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41oh4wcShzL.jpg) ![Long Take - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41ovmGB8lXL.jpg) ![Long Take - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51q1MHcGTVL.jpg) ![Long Take - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41ovmGB8lXL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful *by J***S on Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2018* Having committed myself to reading the entire long list I came to this, the penultimate book on my list, and forced myself to take on a novel written in verse. I am delighted I did. It is a powerful story, beautifully depicted and written. It's filled with colours and sounds and smells and yet I felt I was watching the narrative unfold in a silent, black and white film. I loved this book. It will stay with me for a very long time ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Gripping, book-length poem *by W***S on Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2018* A gripping, troubling narrative written with lyric intensity, The Long Take is an excellent book. If you are familiar with Robin Robertson’s poem, you’ll of course want to read it. Set largely in Los Angeles during the 1950s, The Long Take tells the story of a traumatized Canadian WWII vet who becomes a reporter who focuses on, among other things, the plight of the homeless. If you were captivated by Matthew Desmond’s Evicted, you will find in The Long Take another book that takes a worried look at how the United States fails its people. If you enjoy watching film noir, the places you where many of the scenes were shot. And you’ll be reminded how the McCarthy era foreshadowed our own. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My new favorite L.A. Noir *by C***Y on Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2018* W.H. Auden's book-length poem, The Age of Anxiety, was a post-WWII elegy and philosophical assessment of our era, narrated by the voices of Lower East Side barflies in the most exalted thrice-alliterative lines of free verse. With the thunder of the 3rd Ave El rumbling down upon us, Robin Robertson's The Long Take also begins. Set in the decade after WWII, our protagonist, Walker, a Nova Scotia native returned from war-torn France, lands initially in NYC, but finding no haven, treks cross-country to Los Angeles where he finds work as a newspaper reporter at the LA Press. He falls in with other veterans, all homeless and shell-shocked, eventually getting an assignment to cover the homeless problem in San Francisco, but the nexus of his story is in the Bunker Hill district of Downtown LA.There are shattering reminiscences of battle, horrors even to read; remembrances and nostalgia for his Canadian small town life, serendipitous meetings with real-life filmmakers of the time and resonances of the great contemporaneous noir films, and the decimation and destabilization of whole populations out of the newly developing downtown area, bulldozers as explosive as those French memories of war, PTSD in exquisite free verse.Certainly the best poetic L.A. noir ever, and perhaps the most beautiful book of 2018.Thanks to Stona Fitch as always, for the great recommendation. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pt/products/81859363-long-take](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/81859363-long-take) --- *Product available on Desertcart Portugal* *Store origin: PT* *Last updated: 2026-04-26*