Posted on 08/27/2004 5:27:39 PM PDT by Temple Owl
Travis McGee Says a Long Goodbye
By Lawrence Henry
Published 8/27/2004
My old college roomie from time to time cusses me out roundly for introducing him to the Travis McGee novels of John D. MacDonald. Like me, Mike was raised reading quality lit (he majored in classics, and teaches Greek and Latin), and we both came to popular literature -- indeed, to the very idea of reading for fun -- late in life. Like me, Mike was stunned by McGee and MacDonald -- by the sheer quality, the go-to-hell abandoned narrative mastery (MacDonald rejoiced in digression, and his readers rejoiced with him, as he threw his storytelling loops out into the universe and then reeled them back in, fast or slow, inevitably to the story, always the story), by the settings, the crimes, the characters (some of the most chilling villains ever), the social commentary. The last McGee appeared in 1985.
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This thread really takes me back. I'm going to have to rerereread all of the TM novels again soon...
Ain't that the truth.
First, please finish writing your own. :)
What do ya expect with a resume that reads .....
Wars Fought, Revolutions Started, Alligators Castrated, Governments Run, Uprisings Quelled, Tigers Tamed, Bars Emptied, Virgins Converted, Computers Verified, Orgies Organized, Assassinations plotted, All round good guy and last of the fancy ball room dancers !
Stay safe !
same with the Bernie Rhodenbarr character in Lawrence Block's books - "the Burgular in the Closet", etc., the books are terrific, and when they cut a movie, they change the character to a female, and it is...WHOOPIE! Ruined the whole series for me!
I notice that "been shootin' with Eaker" ain't on yer fancy list there, pilgrim!
Dangerous living in far off places is different from suicide Eeeeeek !.........:o)
How's the bowling ball mortar project coming along ?
Stay safe !
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