Travis McGee, Book 6
by John D. Macdonald
Recommended by 3 notable people, including Stephen King and Andy Greenwald
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Bright Orange for the Shroud puts McGee and his floating refuge, The Busted Flush, at the center of a compact, personality-led mystery driven by a dangerously seductive blonde. Its useful part is the vivid, sardonic narration and strong atmosphere: character and tone carry the story more than forensic plotting. Main limitation: the plot leans on sensational seduction tropes and period attitudes that can feel repetitive or uncomfortable, and it offers little in the way of methodical investigation.
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"McGee has become part of our national fabric."SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCERUsually women came to take refuge aboard The Busted Flush. But this time a man stumbled on board, a walking zombie who fell into bed. Turned out poor Arthur Wilkinson was the latest victim of a fragilelooking blonde sexpot who used the blackest arts of love to lure unsuspecti...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Mystery & Crime and Fiction.
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Consider The Republic by Plato. Recommended by 13 sources.
“Plato stages an extended Socratic conversation that moves from concrete questions about justice into broad proposals about an ideal city, the structure of the soul, and what counts as reality and knowledge. Reading alternates brisk question-and-answer snippets with long, cumulative demonstrations that reward careful attention and annotation. Main value: a wealth of thought experiments for testing political and ethical intuitions. Main limitation: repetitive refutations, long policy sketches and dense metaphysical passages can feel abstruse and slow; patience and some philosophical background help.”
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