The Scarlet Ruse
by Macdonald, John D
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0449132471
- ISBN 13
- 9780449132470
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Tolar, 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. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 307893E
- Title
- The Scarlet Ruse
- Author
- Macdonald, John D
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0449132471
- ISBN 13
- 9780449132470
- Publisher
- Fawcett
- Place of Publication
- New York, Ny, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Mystery Fiction
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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