Ross Macdonald is one of America s best-selling mys-
tery writers, and one of the most lit-
erate. He uses his wry private eye,
Lew Archer, to tie together a popular
mythology through which he explores
the ills of the modern world with caus-
tic compassion.
All this within the demanding limits
of detective fiction. How has he done
it? This book takes the reader on an
exploration in depth of Macdonald
country, where Catifornia symbolizes
man s inabilty to cope with himself
and the world.
All of Macdonald s novels are
treated, with emphasis on his major
works, including The Galton Case, The
Zebra-Striped Hearse, The Under-
ground Man, and The Blue Hammer.
A biographical study of the writer--
under his own name, Kenneth Millar
--sets the stage. Then follows an
adroit critical assessment of his work
and the influences on him, with an
extensive analysis of his themes and
motifs, especially in Freudian patterns
of behavior. Jerry Speir sets a lively
tone as he traces, with a critic s eye,
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