The Ross Macdonald Collection : A Library of America Boxed Set

Tom Nolan

ISBN 10: 1598535528 / ISBN 13: 9781598535525

Published by The Library Of America Nov 2017, 2017

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Neuware - Ross Macdonald transformed the detective novel into a literary expression of unique psychological depth and drama. Here, for the first time in a deluxe three-volume Library of America boxed set, are eleven of his classic Lew Archer mysteries.Contains:Four Novels of the 1950s(Library of America volume #264) The Way Some People Die The Barbarous CoastThe DoomstersThe Galton CaseThree Novels of the Early 1960s(Library of America volume#279)The Zebra-Striped HearseThe ChillThe Far Side of the DollarFour Later Novels(Library of America volume#295)Black MoneyThe Instant EnemyThe Goodbye LookThe Underground ManLIBRARY OF AMERICAis an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ross Macdonald Collection : A Library of America Boxed Set
• Publisher: The Library Of America Nov 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1598535528
• ISBN 13: 9781598535525
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 141H x 104D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 141 millimeters height by 104 millimeters depth
• Weight: 2091 grams

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Synopsis

Ross Macdonald transformed the detective novel into a literary expression of unique psychological depth and drama. Here, for the first time in a deluxe three-volume Library of America boxed set, are eleven of his classic Lew Archer mysteries.

Contains:

Four Novels of the 1950s (Library of America volume #264)  
The Way Some People Die
The Barbarous Coast
The Doomsters
The Galton Case

Three Novels of the Early 1960s (Library of America volume #279)
The Zebra-Striped Hearse
The Chill
The Far Side of the Dollar

Four Later Novels (Library of America volume #295)
Black Money
The Instant Enemy
The Goodbye Look
The Underground Man

LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

About the Author

Ross Macdonald was the principal pen name of Canadian-American writer Kenneth Millar (1915-1983).

Tom Nolan, editor, is the author of the definitive Ross Macdonald: A Biography (1999). In addition to the three-volume Library of America edition of Macdonald’s fiction he has edited The Archer Files (2007) and (with Suzanne Marrs) Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald (2015).