The Far Side of the Dollar (Paperback)

by Ross MacDonald (Author)

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Paperback
Publisher: Time Warner Publishing M/M (Oct 1 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446358908
ISBN-13: 978-0446358903
Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 10.7 x 1.7 cm
Shipping Weight: 109 g

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This is item 13 in The Lew Archer Series.

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All clues in the disappearance of a youngster at an exclusive reform school lead detective Lew Archer to an abandoned Hollywood hotel, where starlets and sailors rub shoulders with grifters and the occasional dead body. Reprint. 12,500 first printing. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars MacDonald's masterpiece, Jun 10 2002

By	Todd M. Pence (Fairfax, VA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Far Side of the Dollar (Paperback)

Ross MacDonald's (aka Kenneth Millar) Lew Archer novels are probably the greatest modern detective series ever, although the insistence of MacDonald to use the same formulaic elements in his books over and over and over again mean that the novels are better read individually than collectively. With that in mind, The Far Side Of The Dollar is your best bet, as it is the example of MacDonald's formula at its best and most poignant. Other superior Archer novels include The Chill, The Doomsters and The Zebra-Striped Hearse, in addition to the magnificent short story collection The Name Is Archer. Whichever Archer novel you decide to read, make sure to keep a scorecard, because the intricate plots make it hard to keep track of all the various characters and their relationships to one another.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic and Consistent, Nov 3 2001

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This review is from: The Far Side of the Dollar (Paperback)

Excellent example of Mac Donald's well honed style. Good character developments as well as excellent one-dimensional character 'vignettes' that serve as observation portholes into the seemy underbelly of society. As for its "monosyllabic tone", that's part of the effect, a la Hemingway. For readers (like the one below) who need long obscure words in EVERY piece of literature, there's always the dictionary...

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1.0 out of 5 stars Too simplistic to be realistic, Sep 1 1999

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This book may be clean and lack 4 letter words but the writing style does not challenge the reader's mind. Plot is thin and the style is too monosyllabic for me. I prefer books from which I learn at least one new word.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Classic Mystery
This was the third novel I have read by Ross McDonald and it is my favorite so far. The plot is complex and satisfying and the characters are well developed and three... Read more

Published on Aug 12 1999