<![CDATA[Ross Macdonald : A Biography]]>

false <![CDATA[Ross Macdonald : A Biography]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177875382m/738573.jpg 738573 2 More caring than Chandler, more productive than Hammett, Ross Macdonald was arguably America's best crime novelist, and Tom Nolan--who has been working on this large and impressive biography since its subject's death in 1983--makes that argument eloquently. With great energy and considerable art, he captures the essence of a remarkable man, born Kenneth Millar, as his life moved from a bleak, tormented childhood in the wilds of Canada, through an uncertain love-hate relationship with the world of academia, and then to early struggles, growing success, and family tragedy on the golden shores of California. Along the way, Nolan charts one of the most unusual literary marriages in recent memory, to fellow mystery writer Margaret Millar--a working relationship so carefully protected and circumscribed that it probably did irrevocable damage to their only child. The author also enlivens the usually dreary details of a writer's financial life with shafts of brilliant insight, especially into the strange relationship between Macdonald and his lifelong publisher, Alfred Knopf, who Margaret aptly describes as "a troubled and a troubling man." But perhaps Nolan's most impressive achievement is in showing exactly how and why the murder mystery became a worthy medium for some of the world's smartest people who read and write in the form. This book will make you seek out the best of Ross Macdonald, available in quality paperback editions: The Chill, The Far Side of the Dollar, The Wycherly Woman, Black Money, The Drowning Pool, The Moving Target, The Underground Man, and The Galton Case. --Dick Adler 724747 12 3 1999 Ross Macdonald : A Biography total:18|5:8|4:4|3:6|2:0|1:0| 18 74 22 7 3 0 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 04 07:40:14 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 16:17:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 20:04:33 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 20:50:21 -0700 2008
Here now is the full story of how Ken Millar of Ontario became Ross Macdonald of Santa Barbara, California. Biographer Tom Nolan traces Mill...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 19:37:40 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 19:43:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jul 07 14:22:20 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 14:23:17 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 15:21:40 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 08:59:46 -0700 2008
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