The Underground Man - Hardcover

Macdonald, Ross

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394434676 ISBN 13: 9780394434674

Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, 1971

Synopsis

As a mysterious fire rages through an affluent community in Southern California, Lew Archer tracks a missing--and possibly kidnapped--child and uncovers and entire secret history of wayward parents, wounded offspring, and murder. Along with its merciless suspense, The Underground Man possesses a moral vision as complex as that of a classic Greek tragedy.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

As a mysterious fire rages through an affluent community in Southern California, Lew Archer tracks a missing--and possibly kidnapped--child and uncovers and entire secret history of wayward parents, wounded offspring, and murder. Along with its merciless suspense, The Underground Man possesses a moral vision as complex as that of a classic Greek tragedy.

About the Author:

MacDonald served as president of The Mystery Writers of America in 1965, received the Silver Dagger in 1964 and the Gold Dagger in 1965 from The British Crime Writers Association, and in 1981, received The Eye, the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Private Eye Writers of America.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred A Knopf
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0394434676
• ISBN 13: 9780394434674
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272