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Blue City

Blue City

ClassicsCrime
Pages
249
Published
1984
Language
French

Synopsis

Johnny Weatherwax returns from the war to find his father dead and his hometown rotting from the inside out. To uncover the truth behind the murder, he must navigate a corrupt landscape of crooked cops and local power players. It is a gritty look at a man fighting for justice in a city that has forgotten what the word means.

Prose complexity
4/10

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GrittyDarkTenseAtmospheric
Revenge

Genres

Classics Crime Mystery Thriller

About the author

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Ross Macdonald

Ross Macdonald was the main pseudonym used by the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar. He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in Southern California and featuring private detective Lew Archer. Since the 1970s, Macdonald's works (particularly the Archer novels) have received attention in academic circles for their psychological depth, sense of place, use of language, sophisticated imagery and integration of philosophy into genre fiction. Brought up in the pr...

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Frequently asked questions

  • Is Blue City connected to Ross Macdonald's other books?

    Blue City is a standalone novel and does not feature Lew Archer, the recurring private investigator in many of Ross Macdonald's other well-known works. It offers a different perspective on the author's typical themes of crime and moral decay.

  • Does Blue City have a film adaptation?

    Blue City was adapted into a film in 1986, starring Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy. The movie captures the gritty atmosphere of the novel, focusing on the protagonist's quest for justice in a corrupt town.

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