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Indlæser... The Underground Manaf Ross Macdonald
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Another compelling and extremely well-written entry in Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer series of detective novels. This one, in concert with Macdonald's ongoing theme, revolves around an old family secret that comes back to haunt those lucky enough to have survived the events of the secret. Macdonald is simply one of the best writers of this sort of fiction, a writer with poetry and heartbreak and melancholy in his soul who conveys those attributes without undue cynicism and with an unobtrusive but magical way with words. This is one of his best. An average mystery, detective goes around asking questions of people about the whereabouts of a young boy. A couple of suspects turn up dead, a couple of others are said to be "nice" people, couldn't have done it tho rumors are quick to accuse them of drug use (set in the early '70s). My reading was marred by the persistantly negative view of women as domineering and/or waspish. The detective found commonality with an informant in their experience of having been divorced; it makes me think the author shared the same commonality. Also, I generally dislike books involving extramarital triangles. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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As a mysterious fire rages through the hills above a privileged town in Southern California, Archer tracks a missing child who may be the pawn in a marital struggle or the victim of a bizarre kidnapping. What he uncovers amid the ashes is murder--and a trail of motives as combustible as gasoline. No library descriptions found. |
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Against the nerve-jangling backdrop of a wildfire that's spreading rapidly through the hills above Santa Teresa (Macdonald's fictionalized version of Santa Barbara), Archer searches for a missing boy who may have witnessed a murder. The private detective finds himself moved by the plight of the boy and his frantic young mother, and commits to a deeper personal investment in the case than is customary for him. Weary and cynical in middle age, Archer nonetheless views the novel's characters and their motivations from a heightened emotional perspective, which makes this a special book. Troubled families and the fascinating convolutions of their histories are a central part of The Underground Man, just as they're a central part of all Macdonald's novels, but what's really noteworthy this time around is the maturity that allows Archer to empathize with the other characters despite their flaws. Compare this Lew Archer to the more brusque iteration in The Ivory Grin or The Barbarous Coast to see just how far he (and Macdonald) had come. ( )