Gregory Mcdonald (1937–2008)
Autor(a) de Fletch
About the Author
Gregory Mcdonald was educated at Harvard University and, at the same time, started up an international yacht trouble-shooting business to help pay his way through college. In 1964, Mcdonald was hired at the Boston Globe. In his seven years with them, he worked as a writer for the Sunday Magazine, a mostrar mais critic, the Arts and Humanities Editor, a critic-at-large columnist and a member of the Editorial Board. He was hired by publisher Davis Taylor to make the Globe more competitive. With Mcdonald, the readership soared but advertisers pulled out, in part because he wrote openly against the Vietnam War, one of the first journalists ever to do so, and for arguing for Civil, Women's and Gay Rights. It was said that a group of fellow employees beat him up in the Globe parking lot for the stance he took in a controversial time period. Mcdonald has written many mysteries including the Fletch, Flynn, Son of Fletch and Skylar series. Some of the titles included in those series are Exits and Entrances, A World Too Wide, and Safekeeping. His novel The Brave was elected Trophees 813 Best Foreign Novel 1997 in France. Mcdonald has twice been the winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award, a recipient of humanitarian and peoples rights awards and is the past president of the Mystery Writers of America. He was suffering from cancer when he died on September 7, 2008 at the age of 71. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Gregory Mcdonald
The Fletch Chronicle: Fletch, Carioca Fletch, Confess Fletch (Rediscovery Books) (1987) 30 exemplares
The Fletch Chronicle, Three: Fletch's Fortune, Fletch's Moxie, and Fletch and the Man Who (Rediscovery Books) (1988) 11 exemplares
The Fletch Chronicle, One: Fletch Won, Fletch Too, Fletch and the Widow Bradley (1988) 11 exemplares
Last Laughs: The 1986 Mystery Writers of America Anthology (1986) — Editor; Editor, Introduction, Contributor — 10 exemplares
Souvenirs of a Blown World: Sketches from the Sixties: Writings About America, 1966-1973 (2008) 2 exemplares
il ragazzo che non sapeva amare 1 exemplar
Priznaj, Fletch 1 exemplar
Vermögen bringt Ärger 1 exemplar
fletch too 1 exemplar
[No title] 1 exemplar
la foire aux longs conteaux 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America (1992) — Introdução — 431 exemplares
The Crown Crime Companion: The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time (1995) — Contribuidor — 51 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Mcdonald, Gregory
- Nome legal
- Mcdonald, Gregory Burke Christopher
- Data de nascimento
- 1937-02-15
- Data de falecimento
- 2008-09-07
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Pulaski, Tennessee, USA
- Causa da morte
- prostate cancer
- Locais de residência
- Pulaski, Tennessee, USA
- Educação
- Harvard University (BA|1958)
- Ocupações
- novelist
editor
reporter - Relações
- Mcdonald, Cheryle (wife)
- Organizações
- The Boston Globe
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Edgar Award (1975 and 1977)
Membros
Críticas
Fletch por Gregory McDonald
Just what a thriller should be: brisk, compelling, economical and satisfying.
What a romp! Fletch is in fine form! Dan John Miller is an excellent narrator. He really picked us up and carried us away on this fun fantasy. Good mystery, clever telling with the tape recorder doing the interviews. And as always Fletch has everyone bamboozled!
So I saw this book in the library and decided to reread it. I haven’t read it in over 30 years but it was one of the books that hooked me on mysteries as a young man.
Let me start by saying that the writing is still top notch. I found myself laughing frequently. I can see why the young me liked this book. It feels a little dated and Fletch is a bigger asshole than I remember but it was a fun trip down memory lane.
I originally rated this book a 5 based on memory when I added it to Goodreads. It was an important book from my childhood. If I was rating it now it would be about 3.5 to 4.… (mais)
Let me start by saying that the writing is still top notch. I found myself laughing frequently. I can see why the young me liked this book. It feels a little dated and Fletch is a bigger asshole than I remember but it was a fun trip down memory lane.
I originally rated this book a 5 based on memory when I added it to Goodreads. It was an important book from my childhood. If I was rating it now it would be about 3.5 to 4.… (mais)
What a hoot! This was so much fun! A real breath of fresh air! I read this years ago (1980 something). Of course I didn't remember it, just the ending. I was delighted to share it with my husband. We had watched the movie Confess, Fletch and I realized he didn't know the character Fletch as I did. He also really enjoyed this audiobook. We look forward to reading the rest of the series. So much fun to find something new among my memories. I never did read the whole series, so the next one will be a surprise for both of us. Good narrator!… (mais)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 48
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 6,708
- Popularidade
- #3,651
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 112
- ISBN
- 413
- Línguas
- 12
- Marcado como favorito
- 17