Revered by such contemporary masters as Sue Grafton, George Pelecanos, and James Ellroy, praised by Eudora Welty as oa more serious and complex writer than Chandler and Hammett ever were,o Ross Macdonald (the pseudonym of Kenneth Millar) brought to the crime novel a new realism and psychological depth and a unique gift for intricately involving mystery narratives.Now, the Library of America presents its three-volume Macdonald edition in a deluxe collector's edition boxed set.Here are eleven classic novels, all featuring his incomparable protagonist, Southern California private investigator Lew Archer, in authoritative texts with notes by Macdonald's biographer Tom Nolan- Four Novels of the 1950s The Way Some People Die The Barbarous Coast The Doomsters The Galton Case Three Novels of the Early 1960s The Zebra-Striped Hearse The Chill The Far Side of the Dollar Four Later Novels Black Money The Instant Enemy The Goodbye Look The Underground Man