Los Angeles, Actress Rosamund Pike is in talks to play the female lead opposite actor Christian Bale in upcoming film “The Deep Blue Good-by”. Written by John D. MacDonald in 1964, "The Deep Blue Good-by" is a film adaptation of the first of 21 novels by the author, reports variety.com. Bale will play the role of Travis McGee, a salvage consultant who recovers others' property for a fee ... Read More
In my humble opinion, The Deep Blue Good-By is a remarkable piece of work by whatever standards you’d like to apply. I’m not talking about McGee’s comic book like superhero antics in subduing and killing Junior Allen (after all, one of the main purposes of this kind of fiction is to entertain); rather, the intricacy of the plotting, the razorsharp characterizations, the finely tuned and highly observant sense of place (which MacDonald fails with, somewhat, in the McGee novels that he moves outside of Florida), the observations and ruminations of McGee – these are all superb, even amazing.
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