Ross macdonald 19151983, the pseudonym of writer kenneth millar, was the author of the popular lew archer mystery series. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book. Ross macdonald s lew archer mysteries rewrote the conventions of the detective novel with their credible, humane hero. Click download or read online button to get ross macdonald book now. The goodbye look book by ross macdonald thriftbooks. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the goodbye look lew archer series book 15. Jul 05, 2012 the goodbye look is one of the best lew archer novels by ross macdonald. The big sleep 1939 farewell, my lovely 1940 the greatest prose stylist in the genre. He is the author of crime fiction and mystery novels.
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Ross macdonald s the goodbye look is an intricate crime novel that keeps you guessing until the last page. Ross macdonald is a canadian and american author of fiction. Four later novels by the volumes editor, tom nolan, continues today with a look at the 1969 lew archer mystery that became macdonalds critical and commercial breakthrougha full twenty. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Uploaded by booksalecataloger7 on september 26, 2011. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Ross macdonald is the main pseudonym that was used by the americancanadian writer of crime fiction kenneth millar.
We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint. Publication date 19840601 topics nonclassifiable, nonfiction general publisher bantam. In the goodbye look, lew archer is hired to investigate a burglary. Buy the goodbye look reprint by ross macdonald isbn. The goodbye look begins with private detective lew archer being hired by a lawyer, john truttwell, to look into a rather peculiar burglary committed at his clients and across the street neighbors larry and irene chalmers. The goodbye look 9780375708657 by macdonald, ross and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Below is a list of ross macdonalds books in order of when they were originally published and in chronological order. In the goodbye look, lew archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission style mansion of irene and larry chalmers. Tom nolan, editor, is the author of the definitive ross macdonald. Published in 1969, the goodbye look was ross macdonalds twentyfirst novel, his sixteenth with lew archer as detective, and his first bestseller.
In the goodbye look, ross macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present. Our series of critical appreciations of the books collected in ross macdonald. The goodbye look by macdonald, ross 2 editions first published in 1972. From his vantage point in southern californiaand through the eyes of his great creation, private eye lew archerross macdonald the pseudonymn of kenneth millar fashions a haunting, startlingly immediate vision of modern america. The goodbye look is another excellent lew archer novel by ross macdonald. Ross macdonald 19151983, the pseudonym of writer kenneth millar. The chalmerses dont want the police involved, so it. He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in southern california and featuring private detective lew archer. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Ross macdonald books list of books by author ross macdonald. If remembered correctly, it entails the disappearance of a box from a safe with some letters, the failure of a bank and the embezzlement of some funds. Buy the goodbye look large type large print edition by macdonald, ross isbn.
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