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Four novels of the 1950s

Title
Four novels of the 1950s / Ross Macdonald ; Tom Nolan, editor.
Author
Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
Publication
  • New York : The Library Of America, [2015]
  • ©2015

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TextNo restrictions *R-RMRR PS221 .A4 v. 264Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference

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Additional Authors
  • Nolan, Tom
  • Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983.
Description
926 pages; 21 cm.
Summary
"Revered by such contemporary masters as Sue Grafton, George Pelecanos, and James Ellroy, praised by Eudora Welty as "a more serious and complex writer than Chandler and Hammett ever were," Ross Macdonald (the pseudonym of Kenneth Millar) brought to the crime novel a new realism and psychological depth and a unique gift for intricately involving mystery narratives. For his centennial, The Library of America inaugurates its Macdonald edition with four classic novels from the 1950s, all featuring his incomparable protagonist, private investigator Lew Archer. Set against the background of a glittering yet darkly enigmatic Southern California, Macdonald's books are both unsurpassed entertainments and emotionally powerful evocations of an outwardly prosperous, inwardly turbulent America. Macdonald mastered the hard-boiled detective form early on and brought to it a prose style of extraordinary beauty. The four novels collected in the volume reveal him broadening the genre into an intensely personal means of expression, transforming the tragedies and dislocations of his own life into haunting fiction. "My interest," he wrote to his publisher, "is the exploration of lives."
Series Statement
The library of America ; 264
Uniform Title
  • Novels. Selections
  • Library of America ; 264.
Alternative Title
  • Novels.
  • Crime novels of the 1950s
  • Way some people die.
  • Barbarous coast.
  • Doomsters.
  • Galton case.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Romans (teksten)
  • Detective and mystery fiction.
  • Fiction.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 917-926).
Contents
  • The way some people die -- The barbarous coast -- The doomsters -- The Galton case.
  • Other writings. Letter to Alfred A. Knopf -- The writer as detective hero -- Preface to Archer in Hollywood -- Writing The Galton case -- Down these streets a mean man must go.
Call Number
PS221
ISBN
  • 9781598533767
  • 1598533762
LCCN
  • 2014946650
  • 9781598533767
OCLC
895301570
Author
Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983, author.
Title
Four novels of the 1950s / Ross Macdonald ; Tom Nolan, editor.
Publisher
New York : The Library Of America, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The library of America ; 264
Library of America ; 264.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 917-926).
Added Author
Nolan, Tom, editor.
Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983. Way some people die.
Spine Title
Crime novels of the 1950s
Added Title
Way some people die.
Barbarous coast.
Doomsters.
Galton case.
Other Standard Identifier
9781598533767
Research Call Number
*R-RMRR PS221 .A4 v. 264
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