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Graphic novel · Adult

Ross Macdonald

A Biography

by Tom Nolan

496 pages · 2001

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Private eye Lew Archer bridged the gap falling between Hammett's Sam Spade, Chandler's Philip Marlowe and Rober B. Parker's Spenser. Knowing Macdonald is essential to understanding the modern P.I. novel. Originally published in 1999 by Scribner 0-684-81217-7, ""Ross Macdonald: A Biography"" won the Macavity Award and was nominated for the Edgar, and the Anthony Awards.

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