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Ross Macdonald writes like a son-of-a-bitch. Anthony Boucher Not since the novels of Nathanael West has the theme of American innocence grinding to a stop at the polluted waters of the Pacific so consistently reverberated through a body of writing. Detroit News Macdonald makes a routine story of ocean-side murder among the rich take on a hard-edged, glistening solidity. AudioFile"
"Ross Macdonald writes like a son-of-a-bitch." --Anthony Boucher"Not since the novels of Nathanael West has the theme of American innocence grinding to a stop at the polluted waters of the Pacific so consistently reverberated through a body of writing." --Detroit News"Macdonald makes a routine story of ocean-side murder among the rich take on a hard-edged, glistening solidity." --AudioFile
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"Ross Macdonald writes like a son-of-a-bitch." --Anthony Boucher"Not since the novels of Nathanael West has the theme of American innocence grinding to a stop at the polluted waters of the Pacific so consistently reverberated through a body of writing." --Detroit News"Macdonald makes a routine story of ocean-side murder among the rich take on a hard-edged, glistening solidity." --AudioFile
Ross Macdonald's real name was Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Ontario, Millar returned to the U.S. as a young man and published his first novel in 1944. He served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America and was awarded their Grand Master Award as well as the Mystery Writers of Great Britain's Gold Dagger Award. He died in 1983.
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- PublisherHarperCollins Distribution Services
- Publication date1971
- ISBN 10 0006127355
- ISBN 13 9780006127352
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages192
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