ON CRIME WRITING The Writer As Detective Hero & Writing The Galton Case 1973 CAPRA CHAPBOOK
ON CRIME WRITING The Writer As Detective Hero & Writing The Galton Case By Ross Macdonald
Published by Capra Press, Santa Barbara, California, 1973, Yes! Capra Chapbook Series, No. 11. Softcover, illustrated card covers ($2.50 on rear), textured orange end-papers, 7" x 5", 45 pages. VERY GOOD CONDITION: just a touch of light wear, tight, bright, clean, unmarked and the spine remains uncreased.
An exquisite glimpse into the mind of one of crime fiction's legendary writers Ross Macdonald (nom du plume for novelist Kenneth Millar 1915-1983.) He analyzes the genre from Poe to Doyle, Hammett and Chandler, four of crime fictions most foundational authors. And as one of the most qualified to do so, Macdonald reflects on his own experience writing a novel.