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Title: The Far Side of the Dollar by Ross Macdonald, Tom Parker ISBN: 0-7861-0990-4 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Pub. Date: August, 1997 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 6 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: MacDonald's masterpiece
Comment: Ross MacDonald's (aka Kenneth Millar) Lew Archer novels are probably the greatest modern detective series ever, although the insistence of MacDonald to use the same formulaic elements in his books over and over and over again mean that the novels are better read individually than collectively. With that in mind, The Far Side Of The Dollar is your best bet, as it is the example of MacDonald's formula at its best and most poignant. Other superior Archer novels include The Chill, The Doomsters and The Zebra-Striped Hearse, in addition to the magnificent short story collection The Name Is Archer. Whichever Archer novel you decide to read, make sure to keep a scorecard, because the intricate plots make it hard to keep track of all the various characters and their relationships to one another.
Rating: 5
Summary: Classic and Consistent
Comment: Excellent example of Mac Donald's well honed style. Good character developments as well as excellent one-dimensional character 'vignettes' that serve as observation portholes into the seemy underbelly of society. As for its "monosyllabic tone", that's part of the effect, a la Hemingway. For readers (like the one below) who need long obscure words in EVERY piece of literature, there's always the dictionary...
Rating: 1
Summary: Too simplistic to be realistic
Comment: This book may be clean and lack 4 letter words but the writing style does not challenge the reader's mind. Plot is thin and the style is too monosyllabic for me. I prefer books from which I learn at least one new word.
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Title: The Chill by Ross Macdonald ISBN: 0679768076 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Moving Target by Ross Macdonald ISBN: 037570146X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Find a Victim : A Lew Archer Novel by Ross Macdonald ISBN: 0375708677 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Galton Case (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Ross Macdonald ISBN: 0679768645 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 26 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Underground Man (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Ross Macdonald ISBN: 0679768084 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 26 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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