Sadly, after reading the novel, I’ve realized that the movies were really only loosely based on McDonald’s work. Both were funny and gave Chase his moment in the sun. If you’re old enough to remember the Reagan administration, then you may have seen the Fletch movies by Chevy Chase – Fletch and the sequel, Fletch Lives. In a little under 200 pages, McDonald, in his streamlined, use one word instead of ten, writing style manages to successfully provide the reader with a story about an anti-hero who solves not one but two complex mysteries. You break your back carrying such books around and yet despite the voluminous number of pages, the story goes nowhere. There are some books that are giant, unrelenting tomes. His name is the late, great Gregory McDonald. Publication Dates: First Published 1974 Published 2002 by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
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