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My favorite . . . [Macdonald] is first among those novelists who raised the genre from its roots in pulp fiction to serious literature. -P.D. James, from Talking About Detective Fiction [The] American private eye, immortalized by Hammett, refined by Chandler, brought to its zenith by Macdonald. -New York Times Book Review Macdonald should not be limited in audience to connoisseurs of mystery fiction. He is one of a handful of writers in the genre whose worth and quality surpass the limitations of the form. -Los Angeles Times Most mystery writers merely write about crime. Ross Macdonald writes about sin. -The Atlantic Without in the least abating my admiration for Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, I should like to venture the heretical suggestion that Ross Macdonald is a better novelist than either of them. -Anthony Boucher [Macdonald] carried form and style about as far as they would go, writing classic family tragedies in the guise of private detective mysteries. -The Guardian (London) [Ross Macdonald] gives to the detective story that accent of class that the late Raymond Chandler did. -Chicago Tribune
