Todhunter Ballard (1903–1980)
Autor(a) de A Dollar to Die For
About the Author
Image credit: W.T. Ballard, January 1936
Séries
Obras de Todhunter Ballard
The Death Brokers 2 cópias
Ride the wind south 2 cópias
The Man from Yuma 2 cópias
Murder picks the jury, 1 exemplar(es)
How to defend yourself, your family, and your home;: A complete guide to self-protection, 1 exemplar(es)
Ne mourez jamais / Ballard, W.T. / Réf3663 1 exemplar(es)
Mördaren ändrar rollistan 1 exemplar(es)
Les cavaliers de la nuit 1 exemplar(es)
Gopher gold 1 exemplar(es)
End of a Millionaire 1 exemplar(es)
Age of the Junkman 1 exemplar(es)
Utan nåd 1 exemplar(es)
Dødem på is 1 exemplar(es)
Gunlock 1 exemplar(es)
West of Justice 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Ballard, Willis Todhunter
- Outros nomes
- Ballard, W. T.
Bowie, Sam
Slade, Jack
Hunt, Harrison (joint pseudonym with Norbert Davis)
D'Allard, Hunter
Turner, Clay (mostrar todas 20)
Carter, Nick
MacNeil, Neil (The Tony Costaine/Bert McCall Series)
Hunter, John
Parker, Bonner
Fox, Brian
Agar, Brian
Hunter, George
Ballard, P. D.
Reno, Clint
Shepherd, John
Bruce, Walt
Danford, Logan N.
Grange, John
Kilgore, Willard - Data de nascimento
- 1903
- Data de falecimento
- 1980-12
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Locais de residência
- Azusa, USA
- Educação
- Wilmington College
- Agente
- August Lenninger
- Pequena biografia
- W. T. Ballard started as a detective author. Much of his later works have been pseudonymous. Todhunter Ballard was used for his westerns.
Membros
Resenhas
Prêmios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 86
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 416
- Popularidade
- #58,580
- Avaliação
- 3.4
- Resenhas
- 11
- ISBNs
- 161
- Idiomas
- 2
- Favorito
- 1
I've really enjoyed my deep dive into Ballard's work. Not content with generic, soundalike crimefighters, he created a number of distinct characters: Bill Lennox, the film studio fixer and unofficial detective, was the most overtly tongue-in-cheek; Mark Foran (the PI hero of Ballard's standalone masterwork Murder Las Vegas Style) was darker, but still capable of ruefully humorous self-deprecation. Max Hunter falls somewhere in between. As a cop he's stiffer than Lennox or Foran, which is a nice touch of realism on Ballard's part, but Hunter gets to sound off in a way that Ballard's other characters never did. At one point he expresses disgust for the Ohio town bigwigs "who think their shit doesn't stink"; it's a refreshingly direct sentiment, unusual for popular literature of the time (1961) and for Ballard's work in particular. To me this book has a noticeable John D. McDonald-esque flavor, more so than Ballard's other novels.
I always say this when reviewing a W.T. Ballard book, but the guy richly deserves to be back in print. He was a very good writer, and if you're new to his work, Pretty Miss Murder is an entertaining place to start.… (mais)