John D Macdonald: Great Masters Library [Hardcover]

John D. MacDonald (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 692 pages
• Publisher: Random House Value Publishing (September 17, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517618370
• ISBN-13: 978-0517618370
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,370,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT quality book!, July 3, 2010

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D. M. Annunziata (Dallas, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: John D Macdonald: Great Masters Library (Hardcover)

This beautiful leather-bound book was the first introduction to John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee I had and it really is a quality publication. Leather-bound, gold embossed, gilt-edged pages and the cute and oh-so-handy built-in ribbon book mark - it's just a beautiful book!

The five books included are A TAN AND SANDY SILENCE (1971) (#13) / THE DREADFUL LEMON SKY (1974) (#16) / THE EMPTY COPPER SEA (1978) (#17) / THE GREEN RIPPER (1079) (#18) / FREE FALL IN CRIMSON (1981) (#19) - the numbers refer to the order in which they were written, so these are all from towards the end of the 21 book series. All five of these feature Travis' good friend Meyer, the hirsute economist, who isn't in the first several books of the series.

Okay, if you've never read any of these before, Travis McGee is sort of a beach bum who lives on a houseboat in Florida - a houseboat he won in a poker game. He calls himself a salvage consultant. If you've lost something precious to you and the police can't help, he'll get it back for you. His fee? Half of what that something is worth. After all, half of something is better than nothing, right? But he only works when he needs the money - preferring to take his retirement in installments while he's still young enough to enjoy it.

I highly recommend the Travis McGee series of books and you can usually get them cheaply in paperback, but if you really love books, you'll want to pick up one of these beautiful volumes for your collection.

5.0 out of 5 stars Everybody needs some Travis McGee in their life, October 15, 2011

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marianneland (Salt Lake City, Utah United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Five Complete Travis McGee Novels: A Tan and Sandy Silence / The Dreadful Lemon Sky / The Empty Copper Sea / The Green Ripper / Free Fall in Crimson (Hardcover)

These books were written about an era that feels long past. There were no cell phones and no computers. Entertainment was found in other forms and activities and Travis McGee lived and roamed freely on the edges of that era and made us all wish we had more adventure in our lives. I bought this volume because the Travis McGee novels qualify to me as worth keeping around and re-reading on a rainy day, a snowy day, a home sick in bed with the flu day, or just any day when you need to escape to another place and another time and be entertained by one of the best loved characters, even if from another era and one that few under 30 have heard of. I did not have the pleasure to buy the leather bound Grand Masters copy of this book. My copy is one of the book store copies. Well worth getting and reading. But all of John D. McDonalds books are.

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable stories, May 4, 2011

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Bigfun "Lucy" (Trussville, AL United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Five Complete Travis McGee Novels: A Tan and Sandy Silence / The Dreadful Lemon Sky / The Empty Copper Sea / The Green Ripper / Free Fall in Crimson (Hardcover)

I enjoyed reading the adventures of 'Travis McGee', very entertaining. He's like a con man but in a good way. Its not a book that you can't put down, but a good leisurely read.