Ross Macdonald

Ross Macdonald was the main pseudonym used by the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar (; December 13, 1915 – July 11, 1983). He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in Southern California and featuring private detective Lew Archer. Since the 1970s, Macdonald's works (particularly the Archer novels) have received attention in academic circles for their psychological depth, sense of place, use of language, sophisticated imagery and integration of philosophy into genre fiction. Brought up in the province of Ontario, Canada, Macdonald eventually settled in the state of California, where he died in 1983.

The ''Wall Street Journal'' wrote that:
"... it is the sheer beauty of Macdonald’s laconic style—with its seductive rhythms and elegant plainness—that holds us spellbound. 'Hard-boiled,' 'noir,' 'mystery,' it doesn’t matter what you call it. Macdonald, with insolent grace, blows past the barrier constructed by Dorothy Sayers between 'the literature of escape' and 'the literature of expression.' These novels, triumphs of his literary alchemy, dare to be both."
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 1971
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 1987
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 1979
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 1976
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 1977
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 1967
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 1964
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 1965
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 1969
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 1949
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 1961
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 1970
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 1979
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 2015
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 2015
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 1957
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 2016
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    by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983
    Published 2017
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