Todhunter Ballard (1903–1980)
Auteur de A Dollar to Die For
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: W.T. Ballard, January 1936
Séries
Œuvres de Todhunter Ballard
The Death Brokers 2 exemplaires
Ride the wind south 2 exemplaires
The Man from Yuma 2 exemplaires
Murder picks the jury, 1 exemplaire
How to defend yourself, your family, and your home;: A complete guide to self-protection, 1 exemplaire
Ne mourez jamais / Ballard, W.T. / Réf3663 1 exemplaire
Mördaren ändrar rollistan 1 exemplaire
Les cavaliers de la nuit 1 exemplaire
Gopher gold 1 exemplaire
End of a Millionaire 1 exemplaire
Age of the Junkman 1 exemplaire
Utan nåd 1 exemplaire
Dødem på is 1 exemplaire
Gunlock 1 exemplaire
West of Justice 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Ballard, Willis Todhunter
- Autres noms
- Ballard, W. T.
Bowie, Sam
Slade, Jack
Hunt, Harrison (joint pseudonym with Norbert Davis)
D'Allard, Hunter
Turner, Clay (tout afficher 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 - Date de naissance
- 1903
- Date de décès
- 1980-12
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Azusa, USA
- Études
- Wilmington College
- Agent
- August Lenninger
- Courte biographie
- W. T. Ballard started as a detective author. Much of his later works have been pseudonymous. Todhunter Ballard was used for his westerns.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 86
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 416
- Popularité
- #58,580
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 11
- ISBN
- 161
- Langues
- 2
- Favoris
- 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.… (plus d'informations)