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Title: A ROSS MACDONALD COMPANION
By: Robert L. Gale
Format: Hardback

List price: £64.00


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ISBN 10: 0313320578
ISBN 13: 9780313320576
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Pub. date: 5 September, 2000
Pages: 384
Description: A convenient guide to the life and writings of Ross Macdonald, best known as the creator of private detective Lew Archer, this reference includes numerous alphabetically arranged entries for individual works, characters, family members and professional acquaintances.
Synopsis: Ross Macdonald is best known as the creator of private detective Lew Archer and as the author of such works as The Drowning Pool (1950) and The Underground Man (1971). One of the most popular American mystery writers of the 20th century, he is often compared to Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler-authors from whom he borrowed literary techniques-but is generally considered more serious and complex, often writing about dysfunctional families in academic settings. This reference is a convenient guide to his life and works. Included are numerous alphabetically arranged entries for individual works, characters, family members, and professional acquaintances. Entries for novels provide plot summaries, lists of characters, and brief critical commentaries. Longer entries cite works for further reading, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography. Entries are cross-referenced, and the book includes a chronology and detailed index.
Illustrations: black & white illustrations
Publication: US
Imprint: Greenwood Press
Returns: Non-returnable
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