- Mcgee, travis (fictitious character), fiction, Private investigators, fiction, Fort lauderdale (fla.), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
He's a self-described beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He's also a knight errant who's wary of credit cards, retirement benefits, political parties, mortgages, and television. He only works when his cash runs out and his rule is simple: he'll help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half.
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Classical in form, cool, unpretentious and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
- gravecomic
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- Author
- John D. MacDonald
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 123
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group, Brilliance Audio
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780812983920
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John D. MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania. He attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania but dropped out to move to New York City, where he took menial to support himself. While attending the School of Management at Syracuse University, he met Dorothy Prentiss, and they married in 1937. He graduated from Syracuse the following year, and in 1939 he received an MBA from Harvard University. During World War II he served in the Office of Strategic Services in the Far East. In 1945, he wrote a short story for his wife and mailed it to her. She submitted it to the magazine Story, and it was published. When he returned home after the war, he wrote full-time, often workin
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