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The Deep Blue Good-By

 

MacDonald was also quoted stating that he considered all the novels in the McGee series as one long story in many installments on the life and times of Trav, as McGee preferred to be called. As such, The Deep Blue Good-by is a good starting point for new readers interested in the series. While each of the 21 novels adds more information on the history, background and psyche of McGee, one of the more interesting aspects of the series is seeing him mature, evolve and age through the decades. At the same time, we see the American culture change, from the Kennedy/Camelot years in The Deep Blue Good-bye through the upheaval of hippie counterculture of the late 60s and 70s until the last book in the series at the end of the Reagan Revolution in the mid-80s. As a chronicler of the cultural Zeitgeist, MacDonald has been compared favorably with Charles Dickens. Reading the McGee novels in sequence therefore gives the reader a fascinating experience of seeing McGee change through the decades as American culture also changes.




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