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With an introduction by CARL HIAASEN

JOHN D. MacDONALD

"...the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller."
--STEPHEN KING

"...a master storyteller, a masterful suspense writer."
--MARY HIGGINS CLARK

"...a dominant influence on writers crafting the continuing series character."
--SUE GRAFTON

"...my favorite novelist of all time."
--DEAN KOONTZ

"...the consummate pro, a master storyteller and witty observer."
--JONATHAN KELLERMAN

"...remains one of my idols."
--DONALD WESTLAKE

THE TRAVIS McGEE SERIES

"...one of the great sagas in American fiction."
--ROBERT B. PARKER

"...what a joy that these timeless and treasured novels are available again."
--ED McBAIN This text refers to an alternate Mass Market Paperback edition.

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When his friend, Tush Bannon, is killed by ruthless land developers as part of a plot to seize control of his small marina, Travis McGee comes up with an ingenious scheme to make them pay for the crime. Read by Darren McGavin. Book available." --Ce texte provient de la Audio Cassette �dition.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 The great MacDonald, Juil 12 2004

Par	Rocco Dormarunno (Brooklyn, NY) - Voir tous mes commentaires (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Pale Gray for Guilt (Mass Market Paperback)

While I still find "Flash of Green" to be my favorite MacDonald book, there's something so appealing about the Travis McGee series that keeps me coming back to them. And "Pale Gray for Guilt" has such an engaging opening sequence of events, and such an array of fascinating characters, that you cannot put this mystery down. I just hope that MacDonald continues to gain in popularity, as I feel he is horribly overlooked.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 don't mess with travis, Janv. 14 2003

Par	Clem J. Robins (cincinnati, ohio) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Pale Gray for Guilt (Mass Market Paperback)

...and whatever you do, read this one before reading "The Lonely Silver Rain". "Pale Gray" is vintage McGee, and a very fascinating exploration of the Big Con. There must be something more entertaining than these books, but I can't imagine what it would be.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 Conning the Con Men, Mars 22 2002

Par	sweetmolly (RICHMOND, VA USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Pale Gray for Guilt (Mass Market Paperback)

Tush Bannon, friend of Travis, a good and gentle man is killed horrifically by an anvil crushing his face and chest. First declared suicide-admittedly a peculiar way to do the deed--- later changed to murder. Tush owned a small marina whose acreage was a valuable parcel to the big bad business interests, and he was being squeezed out. He left a shocked and bereft wife and three young sons. Gallant Knight Travis rides to the rescue.

"Pale Gray for Guilt" was the 8th novel in the Travis McGee series, and I judge it as medium-good McGee. Published in 1968, it has an excellent contemporary flavor about it that captures the late '60s very well. The major flaw in the novel is the extraordinarily complicated sting set up by Meyer and Travis as revenge for Tush's demise. The big businessmen are set up to take a financial bath, and there are pages and pages devoted to capital gains, covering margins, selling short, etc. This has the effect of confining John Wayne to Wall St., not a happy or even very interesting state of affairs. However, Travis does get to expound, and wow his usual lusty women. (this one named Puss Killian-would such a name even be allowed today?) MacDonald allows Travis his special brand of sentimentality, "-went into the master bedroom and slipped out of the robe and into the giant bed and wished I wasn't too old to cry myself to sleep." No other tough private eye would ever be permited to think that way in print.

By the time this book was written, MacDonald had found his groove, though it was too bad he had to foist his interest in the stock market on Travis who, as we all well know, cares nothing about such things. It never happened again.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 An intricate con game played for revenge.
John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee series was one of the first truly successful "hard boiled detective" genre series to make it big at the mass market level of sales. Read more

Publi� le F�v 26 2002 par David J. Gannon

2.0�toiles sur 5 Very poor McGee
I'm sorry, but I completely disagree with the other reviewers. I found this book to be shockingly bad. Read more

Publi� le Juil 23 2001 par Michael Wendt

5.0�toiles sur 5 An excellent early McGee
Many of Travis McGee's 1960s adventures seem a bit dated today. In his earlier incarnation, McGee was less cynical but more of a hedonist. Read more

Publi� le Juil 15 2000 par Brian D. Rubendall

5.0�toiles sur 5 Excellent!
Enough double-crosses and triple-crosses to fill four books. After reading this book, I re-read the last two chapters of Lonely Silver Rain. Read more

Publi� le F�v 8 1999