You bet! The power of Trav has me under his spell, drawing me in. It's like music. It's his voice, telling you his story in a particular way. I could become addicted!

The "Deep Blue Good-by" occurs when some of the blue gem stones that McGee is trying to recover are spilled on a boat during a scuffle with Junior Allen and fall to the bottom of the ocean. The title phrase is not used in this book, although all of the book phrases are used starting in his third book, A Purple Place for Dying.In his first adventure Trav helps Cathy, from Candle Key, in the Keys of course. Cathy, he helps Cathy. It's meant to be, it's in the stars, Trav. But these are the last remaining years of choice, In the stainless nurseries of the future, the feds will work their way through all the squawling pinkness tattooing a combination tax number and credit number of one wrist.

Christian Bale Eyed to Play Travis McGee in 'The Deep Blue Good-By' ". thewrap.com. July 15, 2014 . Retrieved July 17, 2014. If titles alone were enough, The Deep Blue Good-by would be one of my favorite all-time novels. MacDonald does a intoxicating job evoking a hard-boiled and sun-drenched nihilism here, establishing a resourceful entrepreneur in Travis McGee who seems more content to keep his own company than run one, scraping his boat and scraping by in a world he barely notes worth saving. John F. Kennedy isn't mentioned specifically, but the year of publication hints that the president's assassination and direction the country was headed in had a lot to do with McGee's skepticism of America, traveling as far south as he could without needing to speak Spanish. This book was published in 1964. Clues in the text place the action in 1962. So it was a time of transition--not yet the "'60s," which began in 1967, but the sexual revolution has begun and the times they are achangin'. It was a pretty confusing time to come of age. I was there. excellent start to a classic noir series. I really liked the main character and I hope I will manage to write a more indepth review soon.

Travis McGee is a self-described beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He’s also a knight-errant who’s wary of credit cards, retirement benefits, political parties, mortgages, and television. He only works when his cash runs out, and his rule is simple: He’ll help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half.