- Taschenbuch: 288 Seiten
- Verlag: Canongate Crime; Auflage: New edition (12. Juli 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1841951188
- ISBN-13: 978-1841951188
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17 x 11 x 2,2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.1 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (11 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.081.153 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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"The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure," wrote Ross Macdonald in his 1981 Self-Portrait. Nowhere in his work does he better demonstrate this principle than in The Chill, first published in 1964. The plot is one of Macdonald's most masterfully constructed. Private detective Lew Archer is engaged to trace a missing spouse, who has vanished--apparently of her own free will--only a day into her honeymoon. Archer begins pulling at the threads of the case, and by page 25 they're already starting to reveal a deeper, darker story involving two murders 20 years apart. As usual, Macdonald's economical prose propels the reader forward from one action-packed scene to another, while the scenes in turn pile up to paint a rich, complex picture of buried memories, anguished relations between parents and children, the arrogance of the rich, and the search for identity. Then, at the end, one of the author's best surprise reversals changes the picture's colors entirely. Even if you're one of those discerning readers who find Macdonald's lesser work superior to most other mystery writing (as does this reviewer), The Chill stands out among his books. --Nicholas H. Allison
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Published in 1965, 1963, and 1950, respectively, this trio feature Macdonald's hard-boiled private detective Lew Archer. The plots involve murder, deceit, blackmail, sex, and all those other goodies that make for great crime stories.
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Reading Ross MacDonald is a voyage into the past. His work is evocative of bygone eras and landscapes, and even on initial publication there was something decidedly old-fashioned about the attitudes, manners, the morals, the entire approach to detective fiction. Nearly twenty years after his death, a lot of readers are going to find him so dated as to be inaccessible. So, also, are Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammet, Arthur Conan Doyle and yes, Jane Austen, another old-fashioned writer of novels of manners.
The Chill isn't an action-packed thriller, it isn't laden with pyrotechnics, it doesn't feature dashing heroes saving the world, and Archer most definitely is not going to get the beautiful girl in the end. So what?
Reading this this book is more like savoring fine wine from an old bottle. Enjoy the flavors of the past, the convergence of themes and the complexity to the last drop.
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Not a good read. Lacks any suspense or thrills. I know this is supposedly "vintage" but I have read alot of vintage with real character development and thrills both. Also, plot development is very slow. Conclusions are predictable.
Format:Taschenbuch
Maybe vintage but certainly not classic
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His best, as good as Chandler
RM is generally not quite up there with Chandler. But in this one he is. Very atmospheric, rather sad, quite creepy.
RM recycled his plots too often. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 26. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Will exercise your mind keeping the plot straight.
A well-woven plot that ties the present to the past. Not as good as "The Underground Man," another MacDonald book, but similar and still very well done. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 4. Dezember 1998 veröffentlicht
You have to like the genre
I guessed the ending about 3/4 way through. I didn't find it very shocking or plausible (no chills here), but the narrative was stylish and enjoyable. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. August 1998 veröffentlicht
Give this one an 11!
MacDonald is rightfully considered one of the three great hardboiled detective novelists (along with Hammett and Chandler). Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 13. Januar 1998 von robertm@enteract.com
Sensational, intricately plotted thriller!
I've been catching up on crime and mystery masters recently (Cain, Thompson, Chandler, John D. MacDonald, etc.). Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. Dezember 1997 veröffentlicht
WOW!!
What a book! What a series of books! I've recently had the pleasure of reading five of the six re-releases of Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer novels, including this masterpiece. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. Juli 1997 veröffentlicht
Three Murders, Beautifully Organized
I just reread this book (after first reading it in 1982) to see if my recollection of it being one of the best detective novels I have ever read holds up. I still think it's great. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 4. Juni 1997 veröffentlicht
buy it
Buy this book. Read this book. It's simply one of the great works in detective fiction. Superb. If you read only one Macdonald make it this
Am 12. Mai 1997 veröffentlicht
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