Jonathan Arnold reviewed A deadly shade of gold by John D. MacDonald
Review of 'A deadly shade of gold' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
In this Travis McGee installment, a friend comes for help and then gets killed, so Trav and his ex-girlfriend try to track down who did the killing. It takes them to New York, California and then finally Mexico (again).
So this time the Mexico trip sounded a bit more like the "white man's burden", where Trav expressed sympathy for the natives in a far more condescending way than in, say, [b:Dress Her in Indigo|434228|Dress Her in Indigo (Travis McGee #11)|John D. MacDonald|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1324214080l/434228.SY75.jpg|3237345]. And there was a bit more just explaining the plot than actually having action for the plot than normal. But I enjoyed the Norma character and I enjoyed his dark side. So, again, not one of his stronger efforts, but still a great comfort read. Plenty of excellent rants against "modern" society, all of which are eerily prescient. Not much has changed as far as …
In this Travis McGee installment, a friend comes for help and then gets killed, so Trav and his ex-girlfriend try to track down who did the killing. It takes them to New York, California and then finally Mexico (again).
So this time the Mexico trip sounded a bit more like the "white man's burden", where Trav expressed sympathy for the natives in a far more condescending way than in, say, [b:Dress Her in Indigo|434228|Dress Her in Indigo (Travis McGee #11)|John D. MacDonald|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1324214080l/434228.SY75.jpg|3237345]. And there was a bit more just explaining the plot than actually having action for the plot than normal. But I enjoyed the Norma character and I enjoyed his dark side. So, again, not one of his stronger efforts, but still a great comfort read. Plenty of excellent rants against "modern" society, all of which are eerily prescient. Not much has changed as far as society goes, to be honest.
