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EPISODE · Feb 15, 2025 · 54 MIN

660: A Discussion About John D. MacDonald, with Andrew Gulli and Maynard MacDonald

from The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life · host John King

In this episode, John discusses the career of crime novelist John D. MacDonald (1916-1986) in light of a new posthumous short story, "The Accomplice." In this interview, John speaks with with Andrew Gulli, editor of The Strand Magazineabout the rigors and ethos of editing and publishing and MacDonald's son and literary executor Maynard about propagating a great writer's legacy without compromising that writer's standards despite the lucrative promise of a classic literary character like Travis McGee.

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