The FLETCH novels are a mixed bag. I liked FLETCH and
CONFESS, FLETCH a Lot, and enjoyed FLETCH WON and FLETCH, TOO
quite enough. CARIOCA FLETCH seemed like a good way for a
freelance writer to write off his Brazilian vacation and sell
a book that was largely travelogue simultaneously; it and
FLETCH AND THE WIDOW BRADLEY were the worst of the series as
I remember, but both were readable. The other novels in the
first series were at least a bit better than readable; the
Flynn series, spun off from CONFESS, FLETCH, may've been
pretty good--I've read only one pleasant novel in that
series, but even its title hasn't imprinted itself on my
memory. Haven't tried the revival, SON OF FLETCH, yet.
In case you're wondering, the first FLETCH film was mildly
faithful to the book, the second film had little to do with
anything from MacDonald. TM
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Robison [mailto:
zspider@gte.net]
I picked up a couple Fletch books, by Gregory MacDonald, I
think. Are these books any good? I read the first page of one
of them and it looked like a combination of tough and
humorous. Can't hardly judge him by one page, but it sorta
reminded me of Latimer.
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