> John D. MacDonald
> A Bullet For Cinderella
This MacDonald novel is one of my all-time favorites from any
writer. MacDonald's talent is considerable. Since this is an
early novel, it's tightly edited and written in the Gold
Medal vein. MacDonald's later, more expansive writing has
it's own merits, but this is better hardboiled writing.
J.D. recycled A Bullet for Cinderella's plot (sans a lot of
the noir and hardboiled elements) when he wrote the first
Travis McGee novel, Deep Blue Goodbye. (I was going to say
that 'I think' the novel's plot was recycled, but finally
decided the recycling is too obvious for mere conjecture and
chose to claim it as fact. ;-} )
You got a lot of terrific ones, but put this on top.
- Greg Swan
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