The Scarlet Ruse: A Travis McGee Novel
by John D. MacDonald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0690018878
- ISBN 13
- 9780690018875
- Seller
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Lexington, Missouri, 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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- Seller
- Easy Chair Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 175973
- Title
- The Scarlet Ruse: A Travis McGee Novel
- Author
- John D. MacDonald
- Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0690018878
- ISBN 13
- 9780690018875
- Publisher
- Lippincott and Crowell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- BZDB23 Fiction; ISBN: 0690018878 UPC: Original John D. MacDonald The Scarlet Ruse: A Travis McGee Novel
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