John D. MacDonald and King Saul
Posted On January 14, 2014
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![The Quick Red Fox (1964).](http://jacksharman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Quick-Red-Fox-175x300.jpg)
We worked John D. MacDonald’s private eye, Travis McGee, into this discussion of King Saul and the young David: Spare the King and Seize the Spareribs. I most recently read The Quick Red Fox, which I was thinking about for the Saul and David post.
MacDonald had fine PI prose:
![Darker Than Amber (1966).](http://jacksharman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Darker_than_Amber-cover-191x300.jpg)
“We were about to give up and call it a night when somebody threw the girl off the bridge” (Darker Than Amber (1966)).