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Kenneth millar, better known as ross macdonald, was unique in the an nals of literary. The chill ebook by ross macdonald 9780307759597 rakuten. Born near san francisco but raised in british columbia, he returned to the united states as a young man and published his first novel in 1944. Ross macdonald transformed the detective novel into a literary expression of unique psychological depth and drama.
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