A Purple Place for Dying
by MacDonald, John D
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- ISBN 10
- 0786902035
- ISBN 13
- 9780786902033
- Seller
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Odessa, Texas, United States
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Synopsis
John D. MacDonald was an American novelist and short-story writer. His works include the Travis McGee series and the novel The Executioners, which was adapted into the film Cape Fear . In 1962 MacDonald was named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America; in 1980, he won a National Book Award. In print he delighted in smashing the bad guys, deflating the pompous, and exposing the venal. In life, he was a truly empathetic man; his friends, family, and colleagues found him to be loyal, generous, and practical. In business, he was fastidiously ethical. About being a writer, he once expressed with gleeful astonishment, “They pay me to do this! They don’t realize, I would pay them.” He spent the later part of his life in Florida with his wife and son. He died in 1986.
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- Bookseller
- Ye Old Bookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17942
- Title
- A Purple Place for Dying
- Author
- MacDonald, John D
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- 2nd Printing stated
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0786902035
- ISBN 13
- 9780786902033
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Fiction, Forgotten Realms, Fantasy
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