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The Chill
by Ross Macdonald
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679768076
- ISBN 13
- 9780679768074
- Seller
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Clean, tight trade paperback in VG lightly read condition. No writing, marks creases or tears.
Synopsis
Ross Macdonald's real name was Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Millar returned to the U.S. as a young man and published his first novel in 1944. Macdonald was a prolific writer and published numerous mystery novels. He was one of the few mystery writers whose books were taken seriously by literary critics during his time. His bestselling series of detective stories featuring private investigator Lew Archer began with The Moving Target in 1949. Lew Archer is characterized by a deep compassion for people in trouble and his reluctance to employ violent methods to resolve a conflict. Archer himself said "I have a secret passion for mercy. But justice is what keeps happening to people." Macdonald's stories are singular for their deep psychological insight and vivid metaphors and similes. He was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America and in 1974 was awarded their highest honor: the Grand Master Award. His approach to crime writing was heavily influenced by Raymond Chandler, with whom Macdonald shared the belief that a well-written mystery is as artistically valuable as any other type of literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rock River Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 335
- Title
- The Chill
- Author
- Ross Macdonald
- Format/Binding
- Trade paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0679768076
- ISBN 13
- 9780679768074
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- June 3, 1996
- Pages
- 279
- Size
- 8 x 5 in
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Detective;
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Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
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