“THE PROBLEM WAS TO KNOW WHERE MY DUTY LAY”
MACDONALD, Ross. The Ferguson Affair. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Octavo, original half red cloth, original dust jacket. $1600.
First edition of Macdonald’s classic mystery novel.
Called "the true successor to Hammett and Chandler," Macdonald wrote novels that feature crimes committed "in the wealthier parts of Southern California, in white-washed villas surrounded by palm trees, with the rich wicked and the police corrupt" (Woeller & Cassiday, 141). "Ross Macdonald ranks among the finest detective novelists… The critical questions that Macdonald had early posed had been how he could achieve a greater truth and a higher art. A reading of his fiction will leave little doubt that he has achieved both" (Reilly, 988-989).
Fine condition.