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The Barbarous Coast

Ross MacDonaldSeries: Lew Archer
4.3
(49)
Duration
7h 3m
Year
2005
Language
English

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In The Barbarous Coast, Lew Archer's pursuit of a girl who jackknifed too suddenly from high diving to high living leads him to an ex-fighter with an unexplained movie contract, a big-time gambler who died by his own knife, and finally to an answer he would rather not have known.

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"Macdonald makes a routine story of ocean side murder among the rich take on a hard-edged, glistening solidity…Tom Parker reads with great skill, shading primarily by accent rather than by tone or volume. A prissy character sounds prissy, a Mexican-American has the faintest of Spanish accents, and the first-person protagonist sounds a little weary, a little cynical, a little lonely. This is an exc
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"Parker tackles Macdonald's series detective hero Lew Archer, many subtle ethnic accents, and women's voices with awesome professionalism."
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