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The Galton Case. The Galton Case is the eighth novel in the Lew Archer series by Ross Macdonald. It was published in the US in 1959 by Knopf [1] and in 1960 by Cassel & Co in the UK. [2] The book has been widely translated, although the title has been changed in some cases to highlight other aspects of the story.
- Ross Macdonald
- 1959
March 4, 2023. As Wild As Life. "The Galton Case" (1959) is the eighth in a series of crime novels by Ross Macdonald featuring private detective Lew Archer and the third to be included in a compilation of the Library of America of four Macdonald novels from the 1950s. The LOA describes "The Galton Case" as --.
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Nov 9, 2011 · The Galton case by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983. Publication date 1960 Topics Mystery/Suspense, Archer, Lew (Fictitious character), Private investigators ...
Devious and poetic, The Galton Case displays MacDonald at the pinnacle of his form. About The Galton Case Lew Archer returns in this gripping mystery, widely recognized as one of acclaimed mystery writer Ross Macdonald’s very best, about the search for the long lost heir of the wealthy Galton family.
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The Galton Case is a wonderfully devious and poetic look at poverty, greed, murder and identity. Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer mysteries rewrote the conventions of the detective novel with their credible, humane hero, and with Macdonald's insight and moral complexity won new literary respectability for the hardboiled genre previously pioneered by ...
Much of the turf is familiar hardboiled territory: a closed town, corrupt cops, tough guys, tough broads, gangsters and business figures who are hard to tell apart, the well-to-do who affect to float above it all.... But with the discovery of an apparent Galton heir, Archer is led deeper into family history. And not just Galton family history.
Sep 26, 2012 · The Galton Case is a wonderfully devious and poetic look at poverty, greed, murder and identity. Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer mysteries rewrote the conventions of the detective novel with their credible, humane hero, and with Macdonald's insight and moral complexity won new literary respectability for the hardboiled genre previously pioneered by ...
