The Dreadful Lemon Sky [a Travis McGee novel]
by John D. MacDonald
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Measures 8 1/2" x 5 3/4". With dust jacket, which has some scuffs and marks and is a bit tattered, with some wear, chips, small tears but is otherwise intact. Grey paper on card boards with quarter black cloth binding, which is a bit marked but generally clean. Slightly bumped corners. Signs of shelf-wear. Binding firm. Page edges a little marked and a little staining to upper edge but otherwise reasonably clean. Page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Title
- The Dreadful Lemon Sky [a Travis McGee novel]
- Author
- John D. MacDonald
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, paper on card boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia and New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Pages
- 228
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Travis McGee
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