![]() ![]() MacDonald paints each in their charming, venomous tones to perfection. MacDonald the writer knew that for every Waxwell in the world, there also exists a female counterpart in this case the sexy but amoral Wilma Ferners. Though it is Boone “Boo” Waxwell who understandably gets mentioned most whenever this entry in the legendary Travis McGee series is spoken of or written about, Wilma is nearly his predatory equal. The man McGee is talking about is Arthur Wilkinson, or rather the shell that’s left after becoming entangled with Wilma Ferners in Bright Orange for the Shroud. "A tall, frail, sallow-looking fellow in a wrinkled tan suit too large for him stared up at me with an anxious little smile that came and went-a mendicant smile, like dogs wear in the countries where they kick dogs." Thirty-three years after his passing the Travis McGee novels are still in print. In the years since his death MacDonald has been praised by authors as diverse as Stephen King, Spider Robinson, Jimmy Buffett, Kingsley Amis and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. He was survived by his wife Dorothy (1911-1989) and a son, Maynard. Over 500 short stories and 70 novels resulted, including 21 Travis McGee novels.įollowing complications of an earlier heart bypass operation, MacDonald slipped into a coma on December 10 and died at age 70, on December 28, 1986, in St. After the war, he decided to try writing for a year, to see if he could make a living. He served in the Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.) in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations. During WW2, he rose to the rank of Colonel, and while serving in the Army and in the Far East, sent a short story to his wife for sale, successfully. MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pa, and educated at the Universities of Pennsylvania, Syracuse and Harvard, where he took an MBA in 1939. Now Arthur's fortune isn't the only thing on the line: This job may mean McGee's life. But what starts out as a simple job turns into a dangerous situation when McGee comes face-to-face with a quick-thinking and quicker-fisted foe in the Florida swamps. Wilkinson, and it only took her a year to leave Arthur bankrupt and broken. ![]() Then a pretty blonde named Wilma Ferner showed up. ![]() Arthur Wilkinson had been an amiable and decent young man looking to invest some of his considerable inheritance in a marina enterprise. McGee has never seen a man so changed by one year of life. To get the money back and earn his usual fee, McGee will have to penetrate the Everglades - and the mind of a violently twisted grifter. An old friend, conned out of his life savings by his ex-wife, has tracked him down and is desperate for help. But trouble has a way of finding him, no matter where he hides. Travis McGee is looking forward to a "slob summer," spending his days as far away from danger as possible. ![]()
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