"The Barbarous Coast" is a perfect example of a "hard-boiled" detective story. The "hard-boiled" detective story has been analyzed, re-analyzed, and over-analyzed. Ditto for the leading authors of the genre Hammett, Chandler, and Ross MacDonald. Consequently, it can be difficult to look at a novel of this genre as a stand-alone story.4/5(2). · Life's a Beach, Then You Die: The Barbarous Coast (), by Ross Macdonald. The Passing Tramp is still passing time in California--the California of hard-boiled fiction that is. He's just been on the coast with Ross Macdonald, and he'll soon be hitching up to the mountains to see Bill Pronzini. The cleverly titled The Barbarous Coast is the sixth Lew Archer detective novel by Ross Macdonald Author: The Passing Tramp. The Barbarous Coast (Lew Archer #6) Published September 1st by Warner Books (NY) Paperback, pages. Author (s): Ross Macdonald. ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language: www.doorway.ru by: 6.
The Barbarous Coast (Lew Archer Series #6) by Ross Macdonald | Editorial Reviews. Ross Macdonald writes like a son-of-a-bitch." —Anthony Boucher"Not since the novels of Nathanael West has the theme of American innocence grinding to a stop at the polluted waters of the Pacific so consistently reverberated through a body of writing. The Barbarous Coast. by Ross Macdonald. ebook. Read a sample Read a sample Description; Details; Reviews; The beautiful, high-diving blonde had Hollywood dreams and stars in her eyes but now she seems to have disappeared without a trace. Hired by her hotheaded husband and her rummy "uncle," Lew Archer sniffs around Malibu and finds the. Ross Macdonald: Four Novels of the s (LOA #): The Way Some People Die / The Barbarous Coast / The Doomsters / The Galton Case by Ross Macdonald, Tom Nolan (Editor) Hardcover $ Ship This Item — Qualifies for Free Shipping Buy Online, Pick up in Store Check Availability at Nearby Stores.
The beautiful, high-diving blonde had Hollywood dreams and stars in her eyes but now she seems to have disappeared without a trace. Hired by her hotheaded husband and her rummy “uncle,” Lew Archer sniffs around Malibu and finds the stink of blackmail, blood-money, and murder on every pricey silk shirt. Beset by dirty cops, a bumptious boxer turned silver screen pretty boy and a Hollywood mogul with a dark past, Archer discovers the secret of a grisly murder that just won't stay hidden. The Barbarous Coast (Lew Archer Series Book 6) - Kindle edition by Macdonald, Ross. Ross Macdonald's The Barbarous Coast () is an early Lew Archer mystery that takes on the moneyed classes of Southern California with a shillelagh. It all starts out when Archer reluctantly takes on a missing person case, in which a headstrong Canadian begs for help finding his lovely blonde wife who had come to Hollywood to become -- what else? -- a star.
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