THE DEEP BLUE GOODBYE | Washington Post Book Reviews: [S]ome characters in suspense fiction have long outlived their creators - think Lord Peter Wimsey, Sam Spade, Miss Marple and Philip Marlowe - but mostly they just fade away, a fate that surely seemed in store for Travis McGee.
Perhaps that day will come in time, but that time is not now. With the publication of this handsome trade-paperback edition of the first of the McGee novels, Random House - a publishing Goliath not known for sentimentality in literary matters - is bringing not only McGee but almost the entire MacDonald oeuvre back to life with what can only be called a bang.
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2 comments:
It's nice to see his books back in print, but $11.99 for an e-book! Greed! Greed! Greed!
JDM's work has languished since the day of his death. I've never seen a property this badly mishandled. The Random House announcement is great news but I agree with the above writer--$11.95 for an e book?
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