A Ross MacDonald Companion

by Robert L. Gale

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). One of the most popular American mystery writers of the 20th century, he is often compared to Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler-authors from whom he borrowed literary techniques-but is generally considered more serious and complex, often writing about dysfunctional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313320578
• ISBN13: 9780313320576
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"