A PURPLE PLACE FOR DYING
by MACDONALD, JOHN D
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- Hardcover
- first
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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.
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- Bookseller
- JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- COLLECTI006297I
- Title
- A PURPLE PLACE FOR DYING
- Author
- MACDONALD, JOHN D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.B. LIPPINCOTT CO
- Place of Publication
- PHILADELPHIA PA
- Date Published
- PUB 1976
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