Flynn's World (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) - Softcover

Mcdonald, Gregory

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9780375713583: Flynn's World (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375713581 ISBN 13: 9780375713583

Publisher: Vintage Books, 2004

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When Boston Police Inspector Francis Xavier Flynn's barely adolescent daughter asks him to rescue her friend Billy from the cemetery, where he's been fastened to a tree by a nail through his earlobe, the good inspector is pretty sure there's something more behind what at first seems like a bully's prank. And he's convinced there is more than mischief involved in the hateful threats against distinguished Harvard professor Louis Loveson. If that weren't enough to keep Flynn busy, there's Lieutenant John Kurt, whose very impressive arrest record follows some very disturbing patterns. In Flynn's World, two-time Edgar Award-winner Gregory Mcdonald's dogged detective confronts intolerance in all its guises, and sheds light on more than one dark secret.

F.X. Flynn made his first appearance in Confess, Fletch, where he matched wits with the inimitable Irwin Fletcher. Since then he has befuddled, bemused, amazed, and infuriated his colleagues on the Boston Police force as he has pursued international terrorists, blackmailers, murderers, embezzlers, politicians, and, occasionally, his fellow policemen--all while doing his regular job.

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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.

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