The Underground Man (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Kenneth Millar
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: 1960’s, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Parents and children, Suicide, Murder or homicide, California, West, U.S., Fathers, Detectives, Greed, Missing persons, Fire, Private investigators
- Locales: California
Like many other Macdonald novels, The Underground Man takes place primarily in the fictitious Santa Teresa, which bears more than a passing resemblance to Santa Barbara, where Macdonald lived for thirty-five years. Also typical is the fact that the action ranges widely throughout California.
Early in the book, Lew Archer becomes involved in the entangled affairs of a well-to-do Santa Teresa family split in marital disputes. Leo Broadhurst, scion of the clan, had vanished fifteen years earlier, leaving his wife for another woman, but then seemingly deserting the second...
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