Re: RARA-AVIS: Travis McGee

From: BaxDeal@aol.com
Date: 18 Feb 2002


In a message dated 2/17/02 9:34:51 PM, rskirsky@qualcomm.com writes:

<< I wondered how McGee was going to write about his death in the first person :-). >>

Actually, this has been done, both in books and film. The most famous perhaps is Joe Gillis floating face down in the pool at the beginning of Sunset Boulevard. More recently, Kevin Spacey's character off-handedly remarks about his death at the beginning of American Beauty. In books, to name just two, it's handled in interesting fashion at the end of both...

S P O I L E R

A L E R T...

Susanna Moore's IN THE CUT and Jason Starr's HARD FEELINGS.

John Lau

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