The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything [Mass Market Paperback]

John D. MacDonald (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 207 pages
• Publisher: Fawcett (November 12, 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0449137457
• ISBN-13: 978-0449137451
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,951,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Having fun with supernatural powers, June 3, 2006

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Bookivore "The Bookivore" (Oklahoma, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is way away from anything else John D. MacDonald wrote except for the fun, the realism mixed in with the fantasy, and it's just plain good.

Kirby worked for his eccentric uncle giving away money and now he's been left with a handful of junk and a gold watch. People left and right from financiers to gangsters are looking for the money Uncle Omar must have hidden somewhere and Kirby is getting into more and more trouble, until he hooks up with Bonny Lee and discovers the secret of the watch. The watch, you see, stops time for everything but you and you can do anything you want until you come back and rejoin the world.

His troubles are just beginning...

I have always loved this book and even though it was written in the sixties it still hits home. Even with supernatural powers there is always the problem of how to live with the rest of the world, and the bonus of having fun while you figure it out.