" The writing is incisive and perceptive... forceful and fast-past... powerful and personal... a strange and haunting blend." - "The New York Times Book Review"
" [Ross Macdonald] carried form and style about as far as they would go, writing classic family tragedies in the guise of private detective mysteries." - "The Guardian"
The writing is incisive and perceptive forceful and fast-past powerful and personal a strange and haunting blend.
The New York Times Book Review [Ross Macdonald] carried form and style about as far as they would go, writing classic family tragedies in the guise of private detective mysteries.
The Guardian"
"The writing is incisive and perceptive...forceful and fast-past...powerful and personal...a strange and haunting blend."-
The New York Times Book Review "[Ross Macdonald] carried form and style about as far as they would go, writing classic family tragedies in the guise of private detective mysteries."-
The Guardian
Ross Macdonald's real name was Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Ontario, Canada, 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.