The Ross Macdonald Collection: 11 Classic Lew Archer Novels: A Library Of America Boxed Set (Lew Archer: The Library Of America, 264-279-295)

The Ross Macdonald Collection: 11 Classic Lew Archer Novels: A Library Of America Boxed Set (Lew Archer: The Library Of America, 264-279-295)

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) ?he Way Some People DieThe 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 AMERICA?s 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.Review?The finest series of detective novels ever written by an American.?--The New York Times Book Review?Macdonald brought a new method of psychological construction to the hard-boiled novel ? he was in line with many of the important mid-century movements of American literary fiction, and deserves to be seen as a worthy addition to them.? -The Times Literary SupplementAbout the AuthorRoss Macdonald was the principal pen name of Canadian-American writer?enneth Millar (1915-1983).Tom Nolan, editor, is the author of the definitiveRoss Macdonald: A Biography (1999). In addition to?he three-volume Library of America edition of?acdonald?s fiction he has editedThe Archer Files?2007) and (with Suzanne Marrs)Meanwhile There?re Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and?oss Macdonald (2015).