Flynn's World - Hardcover

McDonald, Gregory

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375422366 ISBN 13: 9780375422362

Publisher: Pantheon Books, 2003

Synopsis

Boston police inspector Francis Xavier Flynn, an undercover international spy assigned to expose a blackmailing scheme involving a Harvard professor, finds himself caught up in a marathon bout of police work, searching for the culprit who nailed his daughter's best friend's ear to a tree and investigating a cop with a racial bias, all the while trying to keep from being fired from the force. 15,000 first printing.

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Review:

"Flynn's World is cause for celebration. Not only does it revive Boston police inspector Francis Xavier Flynn, it gives new work by Gregory Mcdonald, whose deft plotting, breezy style, pointed social commentary, and keen wit make him one of our most satisfying writers." --"The Boston Globe"
Mcdonald fans will . . . welcome it. . . . Graceful and diverting. . . . Mcdonald does what he does exceedingly well. --"The Washington Post Book World
""Gregory Mcdonald is one of the greats. . . . Flynn fans will adore this long-awaited book, and thoughtful mystery readers will appreciate Mcdonald's quirky take on the mystery genre." --"Rocky Mountain News
" Amusing. . . . Vital and timely. . . . Highly satisfying. --"San Jose Mercury News
" Flynn s repartee is state of the art: rangily allusive, deceptively gentle. And Mcdonald s blend of parody, farce, and sentiment is rich, yet spare, edgily appealing. --"Kirkus"
Two-time Edgar winner Mcdonald, best known for his Fletch capers, has created another complicated, crusty, engaging character. Fascinating. Booklist
"Shameless establishment bashing...appealingly fresh and impudent." --Time
Gregory Mcdonald's a suspenseful writer who knows how to set a scene, develop a character, and draw out a mysterious situation. West Coast Review of Books
Splendid entertainment . . . Mcdonald is one of the cleverest writers around. United Press International
"One of the smartest, gentlest, most sarcastic cops you will ever meet." "The New York Times""

"Flynn's World is cause for celebration. Not only does it revive Boston police inspector Francis Xavier Flynn, it gives new work by Gregory Mcdonald, whose deft plotting, breezy style, pointed social commentary, and keen wit make him one of our most satisfying writers." --The Boston Globe

"Mcdonald fans will . . . welcome it. . . . Graceful and diverting. . . . Mcdonald does what he does exceedingly well." --The Washington Post Book World

"Gregory Mcdonald is one of the greats. . . . Flynn fans will adore this long-awaited book, and thoughtful mystery readers will appreciate Mcdonald's quirky take on the mystery genre." --Rocky Mountain News

"Amusing. . . . Vital and timely. . . . Highly satisfying." --San Jose Mercury News

"Flynn's repartee is state of the art: rangily allusive, deceptively gentle. And Mcdonald's blend of parody, farce, and sentiment...is rich, yet spare, edgily appealing." --Kirkus

"Two-time Edgar winner Mcdonald, best known for his Fletch capers, has created another complicated, crusty, engaging character. Fascinating." --Booklist

"Shameless establishment bashing...appealingly fresh and impudent." --Time

"Gregory Mcdonald's a suspenseful writer who knows how to set a scene, develop a character, and draw out a mysterious situation." --West Coast Review of Books

"Splendid entertainment . . . Mcdonald is one of the cleverest writers around." --United Press International

"One of the smartest, gentlest, most sarcastic cops you will ever meet." --The New York Times

About the Author:

Gregory Mcdonald is the author of twenty-six books, including eleven Fletch novels and four Flynn mysteries. He has twice won the Mystery Writers of America’s prestigious Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Mystery Novel, and was the first author to win for both a novel and its sequel. He died in 2008.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0375422366
• ISBN 13: 9780375422362
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 210