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The Barbarous Coast

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"Set in Southern California, [this novel] takes Lew Archer in search of a girl who jackknifed too suddenly from high diving to high living, and leads him to an ex-fighter with an unexplained movie contract, a big-time gambler with a producer for a cover, the ghost of an eighteen-year-old girl whose murder was never solved, and finally to an answer he would rather not have known." -- From dust jacket

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The Barbarous Coast, Ross Macdonald

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1990
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Title
The Barbarous Coast
Language
English
Publisher
Warner Books
Released
1990
Format
Paperback
Pages
240
ISBN10
0446358827
ISBN13
9780446358828
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First published
1956
Original title
The Barbarous Coast
Rating
3.85 out of 5
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"Set in Southern California, [this novel] takes Lew Archer in search of a girl who jackknifed too suddenly from high diving to high living, and leads him to an ex-fighter with an unexplained movie contract, a big-time gambler with a producer for a cover, the ghost of an eighteen-year-old girl whose murder was never solved, and finally to an answer he would rather not have known." -- From dust jacket