Lew Archer: The Underground Man Lib/E (Audiobook)

from bigorangecat

After comsuming all of , and smitten by, Chandler's works, I was *craving* that kind of evocative language and point of view to pick up Chandler's "slack," but Macdonald's works took my wholly ill-conceived misnomer of "slack" and shot it to a level that is both classic and current, even today. W...

from viviennestrauss

This is my favorite Macdonald book I've read thus far! Read in one day because I couldn't put it down. Such great descriptive prose! "She opened the wardrobe closet for my inspection. It was stuffed with coats and dresses like a small army of girls crushed flat for storage and smelling of sachet....

from jastbrown

It's been fun to read this series in chronological order. They just keep getting better. This, I believe, is his most convoluted story yet.. almost too intricate to keep up with if you're reading this 10-20 pp at a time, every other day or so! It's also been fun seeing the series, and Lew Archer,...

from DinoReader

Just when Ross Macdonald looked like he might be too tied to an academic/intellectual-classical-Greek theme for each of his mysteries, he moves away and produces this story of family intrigue. Regardless of the story line, his writing is a pleasure to read. It is among the best mysteries he produ...

from jastbrown

It's been fun to read this series in chronological order. They just keep getting better. This, I believe, is his most convoluted story yet.. almost too intricate to keep up with if you're reading this 10-20 pp at a time, every other day or so! It's also been fun seeing the series, and Lew Archer,...