A Ross MacDonald Companion
Author: Robert L. Gale
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0313320578
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 363
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Language: en
Pages: 363
Pages: 363
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). This reference is a convenient guide to his life and works.
Language: en
Pages: 170
Pages: 170
The private investigator is one of the most enduring characters within crime fiction. From Dashiell Hammett’s Sam Spade - the hard-boiled loner trawling the mean streets - to Agatha Christie’s Captain Hastings - the genteel companion in greener surrounds - the P. I. has taken on any number of guises.
Language: en
Pages: 304
Pages: 304
This is a prose series of unpublished interviews with, and a visual retrospective of, the seminal mid- to late-20th century literary crime writer. In 1976, critic Paul Nelson spent several weeks interviewing legendary detective writer Ross Macdonald, who elevated the form to a new literary level. “We talked about everything
Language: en
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Provides a comprehensive reference to the novel in American literature with over 900 entries containing critical analyses and synopses of individual novels, novelist biographies, essays on fiction genres, and more.
Language: en
Pages: 338
Pages: 338
Hundreds of A-Z entries detail the plots and characters of one of America's greatest mystery writers.
