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Bright Orange for the Shroud (Travis McGee, Bk 6)
Bright Orange for the Shroud - Travis McGee, Bk 6
Author: John D. MacDonald
Usually women came to take refuge aboard The Busted Flush. But this time a man stumbled on board, a walking zombie who fell into bed. Turned out poor Arthur Wilkinson was the latest victim of a fragile-looking blonde sexpot who used the blackest arts of love to lure unsuspecting suckers into a web of sordid schemes. Travis had thought he'd h...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780449133583
ISBN-10: 0449133583
Publication Date: 8/12/1987
Pages: 216
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Publisher: Fawcett
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This is a Travis McGee Novel. There is nobody...I repeat, nobody who writes like John D. MacDonald, who honed his craft through many years of writing for pulp detective magazines. He knows how to turn a phrase - in fact I own all of the Travis McGee books and I reread them about once a year - in order of publishing dates. This allows me to appreciate again the evolution of McGee and his innate ability to draw a character. His villains are drawn particularly well. He has the ability to show the reader the difference between a desperate person gone bad and a truly evil person. None of his villains are the same - but they are all fascinating character studies.

As an aspiring writer, I appreciate his talent. I have a vivid memory of many passages in his books - this one in particular. What happens to a beautiful woman is haunting and the true evil of the perpetrator is unforgettable.
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I haven't read all of the Travis McGee novels yet, but so far, this is one of the best.

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