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1977Florida buildersunscrupulous buildersshady real estate dealshurricanes in FloridaDetective and mystery stories
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Amazing. John D. MacDonald wrote this book about shyster real estate developers as a tribute to the many friends he lost in a hurricane due to that very circumstance. The term "blockbuster" is used all too often, but this book truly is. John had enormous talent, he was angry, and he was highly eloquent. It may be the most impeccably crafted book I have ever read, and has a permanent place on my bookshelf.
Themes & subjects
Florida buildersunscrupulous buildersshady real estate dealshurricanes in FloridaDetective and mystery storiesFlorida, fiction
First published 1977Setting
The Florida KeysSarasota FloridaFlorida1970s
About the author
John D. MacDonald
1916-07-24 – 1986-12-28
John D. MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania. He attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania but dropped out to move to New York City, where he took menial to support himself. While attending the School of Management at Syracuse University, he met Dorothy Prentiss, and they married in 1937. He graduated from Syracuse the following year, and in 1939 he received an MBA from Harvard University. During World War II he served in the Office of Strategic Services in the Far East. In 1945, he wrote a short story for his wife and mailed it to her. She submitted it to the magazine Story, and it was published. When he returned home after the war, he wrote full-time, often…
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