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Review My favorite . . . [Macdonald] is first among those novelists who raised the genre from its roots in pulp fiction to serious literature. P.D. James, from Talking About Detective Fiction [The] American private eye, immortalized by Hammett, refined by Chandler, brought to its zenith by Macdonald. _New York Times Book Review_ Macdonald should not be limited in audience to connoisseurs of mystery fiction. He is one of a handful of writers in the genre whose worth and quality surpass the limitations of the form. _Los Angeles Times_ Most mystery writers merely write about crime. Ross Macdonald writes about sin. _The Atlantic_ Without in the least abating my admiration for Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, I should like to venture the heretical suggestion that Ross Macdonald is a better novelist than either of them. Anthony Boucher [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_ (London) [Ross Macdonald] gives to the detective story that accent of class that the late Raymond Chandler did. _Chicago Tribune_ Product Description It was a long way f
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- Author
- MacDonald, Ross
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307279064
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Thriller, Thrillers, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.8 / 5 (177 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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