Book Review: John D MacDonald’s A Purple Place for Dying

If you’ve seen the film Cape Fear, you’ll get a taste of John D MacDonald’s A Purple Place for Dying. Any good? He seems to be a writer’s writer. Stephen King has many kind words about him.

Quotes

“It would be one kind of penance. And there are never enough kinds. Not for him. Not for me. And certainly not for you, my friend.”
— John D. MacDonald (A Purple Place for Dying (Travis McGee)

John D MacDonald’s A Purple Place for Dying


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