Chapter 8 my name is archer
Ross Macdonald is dead.
With the death of Ross MacDonald, a trend has stopped, I think.But for a writer, death may be a medal, or it may be the other way around.
To be honest, Ross MacDonald's works in his later years do not seem to have received much praise in Japan. "The Man Underground" reached the pinnacle, and most people think that the following books are all the same.The stage of the story is always damp and lifeless, and most of them are Oedipus complex.Detective Lew Archer has become slovenly with age, has no great acting skills, and a sense of humor that seems dry compared to Candela.In this way, people's eyes began to turn from Ross Macdonald to the young new grim standard-bearer who was in the limelight.There is also the reason that Raymond Chandler, an older writer, was too influential.
I love Ross MacDonald's Lew Archer story from head to toe.The strengths of Ross MacDonald's novels lie in their shyness and tenacity, but there are also weaknesses.But for all its pros and cons, I just love Ross MacDonald's novels.
Among the English paperback books I bought for the first time in my life was this Mr. Ross's collection of short stories, My Name Is Archer.It was a long time ago.I was seventeen years old and I was obsessed with Hollis Silva records, and I was listening to Hollis Silva and binge-watching My Name Is Archer.
The release of the immortal masterpiece "Moving Target" directed by Jack Smart was also released at that time, and I watched it again and again.In the movie, Liu Archer played by Paul Newman is called Liu Harper.Why Harper instead of Archer?The reason is that Paul Newman, who rose to prominence with "Hasla" and "Had", wanted to continue the "H..." series.Thus, the name of this Warner movie became "HAPPER".It is also a whim to say that it was a whim, but anyway, Paul Newman did perform well at that time.
The original "Moving Target" is indeed one-off, and it is worthy of Ross MacDonald's early works, but I have a soft spot for the mid-term "Striped Hearse" and "The Galton Incident".Turn any page, and the difficulties and helplessness of life are written in a restrained style.It feels as if each character is wearing a black hat, and they are all crawling forward on their own unfortunate roads.No one can be happy, but everyone walks, and must walk, as Ross Macdonald cries.
"It is nonsense that people say there are no seasons in California," he wrote in one of his novels, "but that people are insensitive and unaware."
My heartfelt condolences on the death of Ross MacDonald.
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