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A purple place for dying
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- ISBN: 9780307827272 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0307827275 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource. - Edition: [Pbk. ed.]
- Publisher: New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2013.
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| General Note: | Originally published: New York : Fawcett, 1964. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Subject: | McGee, Travis (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Private investigators -- Florida -- Fort Lauderdale -- Fiction Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Electronic books. Mystery fiction. |
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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, âThey pay me to do this! They donât realize, I would pay them.â He spent the later part of his life in Florida with his wife and son. He died in 1986.
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.
