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Title: The Green Ripper (Travis McGee Mysteries (Audio)) by John D. Macdonald, Michael Prichard ISBN: 0-7366-6785-7 Publisher: Books on Tape Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 7 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.3 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: McGee the Hammer
Comment: This is a book of vengeance and revenge. Travis has finally found true love, and she is snatched from him by death. At first it appears to be a lethal illness, then horrifyingly a random sophisticated killing. Trav is almost mad with a desire to find one face to batter and then to execute the killer. To face the fact that the murder appears to be an organizational hit with no single one-of-a-kind killer seems obscenely unfair. Travis follows some paper-thin leads, discards his identity, and infiltrates a terrorist camp sponsored by a cult religious group.
This is a fast paced book, one of my all-time favorite McGees. I was struck by MacDonald's uncanny accuracy in depicting the terrorist personality way back in 1979. The healthy young American soldiers in superb shape confidently believed their next lives would be vastly improved by destroying the civilization in this one. They disdained, even looked forward to death. One character tells McGee that the terrorists will not "waste" their rockets on military vessels. Blowing up a planeload of civilians containing women and children was far more "productive."
The finale is a fine display of McGee's sniperly abilities, derring-do and just plain luck. (Rambo has nothing on him!) The only thing that dated "The Green Ripper" was McGee's reluctance to treat the female terrorists as anything but "ladies" no matter how fearsome they were. Today no such chivalry (even if misguided) would be allowed.
Rating: 4
Summary: A book for a grungy day
Comment: In this entry in the series, McGee has found a True Love, a woman seemingly compatible with all facets of his existence, who is able to give meaning to his life, and then she is cruelly killed by a seemingly random process. In earlier books, other lovers have been killed, but never one he sees such a future with. Her murder jolts McGee notably more than any prior tragedy, into a depressed and narrow focus on revenge; he breaks off from Meyer (who articulates equally nihilistic views), and his usual cynicism becomes total negativism. He takes on a simpler identity, and follows a series of clues and lucky breaks to a terrorist boot camp for the organization that ordered his lover's execution. He (justifiably and unavoidably, it seems) massacres all the group's members, in a spree that sickens but in the end also partly redeems him. There is a certain class of mysteries that is fulfilling to read when you feel depressed, disgusted, and generally grungy. Quite a bit of Chandler, and some of Lawrence Block, falls into this class. This is the only book in the McGee series that really fits into the class, but it's almost perfect of its kind. See also Block's "Such Men Are Dangerous."
Rating: 5
Summary: One McGee's Best
Comment: This was one of the most enjoyable books of the McGee series for me, and I think the fact that I have read 7 or 8 other McGee titles first may have something to do with it. In just about every book, Travis McGee does more than just flirt with women -- he flirts with the idea of falling in love with them, but he never, ever does. And so this book begins with McGee certain that he's found The One, and then she's taken from him.
So if this is your first time reading about Travis McGee...well I'd like to persuade you not to, ironically! Read "One Fearful Yellow Eye" or "The Quick Red Fox" first. Otherwise, I fear that this book may read like just another revenge story.
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Title: Lonely Silver Rain (Travis McGee Series) by John D. MacDonald ISBN: 0449224856 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Dreadful Lemon Sky (Travis McGee Mysteries (Paperback)) by John D. MacDonald ISBN: 0449224791 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Cinnamon Skin (Travis McGee Mysteries (Paperback)) by John D. MacDonald ISBN: 0449224848 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Scarlet Ruse by John D. MacDonald ISBN: 0449224775 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Turquoise Lament by John D. MacDonald ISBN: 0449224783 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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