Really enjoyed it. a fine copy, fine jacket with some wear on spine ends. published by alfred a. knopf, new york 1959. text clean and tight, no names or markings. ebook. This is one of the best plotted mysteries in detective fiction I have ever read! THE GALTON CASE is one of his finest, and that's saying something. Penguin is to be congratulated on bringing this and other Lew Archer novels back into print. We’d love your help. Late 40s and early 50s. Not only a good story but gave me such a wonderful sense of driving through history. Well done indeed. EMBED. The simplicity and yet stark beauty of his prose; the sheer perfect poetry of his descriptions; the way he can do so much with just a few lines of dialogue – like his one time friend and mentor, Raymond Chandler, MacDonald is able to lift genre fiction to a place where it becomes literature. Fingerprints are the oldest and most accurate method of identifying individuals. The book was published in 1959. Almost twenty years have passed since Anthony Galton disappeared, along with a suspiciously streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of his family’s fortune. The plot of The Galton Case reads like a finely designed, well oiled machine. MacDonald's prose is lean,crisp,and vivid - and all his characters, no matter how minor, are sharply observed and real, not black and white cliches. 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. Ross Macdonald is one of the greatest mystery writers of all time. Now Anthony's mother wants him back and has hired Lew Archer to find him. Almost twenty years have passed since Anthony Galton disappeared, along with a suspiciously streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of his family's fortune. 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. The Galton Case This edition was published in 1959 by Bantam Books. The writing is very clean and elegant to with some excellent turns of phrase for genre fiction! The Galton case Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. A must read if you like British Detective stories. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald, The Tudor Tutor: Your Cheeky Guide to the Dynasty, Murder in Moreton: Eliza Thomson Investigates (Book 2). In statistics, regression toward the mean (or regression to the mean) is the phenomenon that arises if a sample point of a random variable is extreme (nearly an outlier), a future point will be closer to the mean or average. At that time I felt the pantheon of American detective fiction was Hammett, Chandler, and MacDonald in that order. Twisty little book, for sure, with an ending that I wasn't expecting. The Galton Case is set along the coast west from Redwood City, in San Francisco, over to Sacramento. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. And I'll always give Ross Macdonald a 4. The Galton Case by Ross Macdonald. Now Anthony's mother wants him back and has hired Lew Archer to find him. Sold by CE_BOOKHOUSE and ships from Amazon Fulfillment. Like many others I'm reading the Archer books chronologically, starting with the first one. " the galton case " by ross macdonald first edition signed. What turns up is a headless skeleton, a boy who claims to be Galton's son, and a con game whose stakes are so high that someone is still willing to kill for them. Ross Macdonald wrote about money, family, and betrayal in twenty Lew Archer novels. Refresh and try again. The Galton Case never reads like a treatise or even particularly deep. And genuinely surprising. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. After his note on Moreau Galton gives Ribot's page reference to Moreau's book and adds '+ see Trousseau', but without a page reference, which may suggest that he was already familiar with Trousseau's case. The GALTON case is my personal favorite,and Mr. MacDonald's beautifully crafted novel may initiate you into a mild addiction to his special family based mysteries, usually based in the Los Angeles area. I really want to give this novel more than 3 stars, but 4 seems excessive. Macdonald is one of those authors who is so spare and bare that it is hard NOT to be impressed by the clean, minimalist architecture of his writing. Very impressive and highly recommended. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? The Galton Case does take on a personal nature for Archer after he’s beaten and tortured while investigating the truth of John Galton’s claims about his parentage (132-8). What turns up is a headless skeleton, a boy who claims to be Galton's son, and a con game whose stakes are so high that someone is still willing to kill for them. Which makes me feel bad. " the galton case " by ross macdonald first edition signed. And some for the prose. Let me check. price on jacket flap $3.00. Devious and poetic, The Galton Case displays MacDonald at the pinnacle of his form. Read a sample Read a sample Description; Details; 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. Please try again. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard; Reprint edition (November 26, 1996). Ross Macdonald is one of the greatest mystery writers of all time. As usual, Macdonald can accomplish more with three lines of dialogue and a simple description than most writers can in three pages. What turns up is a headless skeleton, a suspicious heir, and a con man whose stakes are so high that someone is still willing to kill for them. Now Anthony's mother wants him back and has hired Lew Archer to find him. Save up to 80% by choosing the eTextbook option for ISBN: 9780307759672, 0307759679. EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? 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