Fletch and the Man Who [Mass Market Paperback]

Gregory Mcdonald (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1983

“A girl jumped off the motel’s roof. Five minutes ago.”

"Give it to me straight. Does the girl have anything to do with us? I mean, with the campaign? The presidential candidate?"

"It's your job, Fletch, to make damned sure she didn't."


FLETCH and the Man Who
When Fletch arrives as the new press representative for Governor Caxton Wheeler’s presidential campaign, he isn’t sure which mystery to solve first: what his new job actually is or why the campaign has been leaving dead women in its tracks.

FLETCH and the Man Who
He finds himself on the other side of the press, a human shield deflecting the questions he is asking himself. Are the murders just coincidence, or is a cold-hearted killer looking for a job in the White House?

FLETCH and the Man Who
When the campaign shifts into high gear, Fletch’s skills are working overtime in a desperate bid of his own to find the killer and to make sure the governor doesn’t lose any more votes.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A natural storyteller, Mcdonald is the Kurt Vonnegut of the mystery story...fast-moving, quizzical, amusing, ironic." --The New York Times Book Review --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Gregory Mcdonald is the author of twenty-six books, including eleven Fletch novels and four Flynn mysteries. He has twice won the Mystery Writers of America’s prestigious Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Mystery Novel, and was the first author to win for both a novel and its sequel. He died in 2008. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Warner Books> C/o Little Br; First Edition edition (August 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446343714
• ISBN-13: 978-0446343718
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,949,139 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fletch for President, August 8, 2000

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Brian D. Rubendall (Oakton, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fletch and the Man Who (Paperback)

In this installment, Fletch goes to work for an American Presidential candidate after a murder in his campaign hotel. Along the way we get a lot of unique Fletch insights into the political process. This book would have made a much better sequel for the original Fletch movie than the idiotic "Fletch Saved." Overall, an excellent entry in the Fletch saga.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Fletch book, March 11, 2000

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M. M. Buchecker "disneybride" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fletch and the Man Who (Paperback)

If you are a fan of the Fletch book series (not necessarily the movie versions), this is the best Fletch book in that series. In it, a number of characters that appear in other books are written where you finally get an idea of their backgrounds, relationship to Fletch and true character. The books "Son of Fletch" and "Fletch Reflected" are best understood by reading this book first. Apart from character histories, this book provides insight into the political process of the campaign/primary trail. As with some of the better Fletch books, the twist of the ending will have you immediately re-reading the book to look for the subtleties and nuances missed the first time around when you were simply enjoying the storyline. I highly recommend this book!

3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing special, but enjoyable nonetheless, October 17, 2010

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Rac A. Powsky "hello" (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fletch and the Man Who (Paperback)

Like the overpraised but not terrible The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, this is a murder mystery second and a celebration of a newspaper man first. Fletch goes to work for a presidential campaign. The majority of the book talks about the scrutiny of the campaign trail, the little gestures that get blown out of proportion and the camraderie of the journalists. There are women dying throughout the book but they seem secondary to the main plot which consists of putting Fletch on the opposite side of investigative journalism as the guy who has to keep the floodgates closed.

The mystery feels like a cheat since Fletch doesn't work out the murderer's identity so much as stumble on it and there's a tired little bit at the end where Fletch tries to save someone from the murderer.