Books: Two by Gregory MacDonald

May 2, 2009 8:28 AM | permalink | comments: 0

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I read these Gregory MacDonald books back-to-back. MacDonald also wrote the Fletch books (I've read just one), but I'd heard that the Flynn books were even better.

Well, that may not be saying much. I didn't care much for either of these books, "Flynn's In" or "The Buck Passes Flynn." A lot of leaps at cleverness fell short. The writing and the plots just weren't engaging to me. 

Flynn is a Boston cop who's also part of a secret organization that sends him on missions to combat world-class bad guys. Whatever.

There are two more Flynn books. I think I'll pass.

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Steve DennieCareer-wise, I've been hanging around and writing about and cheering on churches and pastors for the past 25 years as my denomination's Communications Director.
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