The Deep Blue Good-By
A Travis McGee Novel, Book 1
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The Deep Blue Good-By
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Narrated by:
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Robert Petkoff
About this listen
He's 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.
Nothing that John D. MacDonald wrote is better loved and more enduring than the 21 books in his series about Travis McGee, the Florida-based “salvage consultant” who recovers property for a fee so he can take his retirement “a piece at a time”. Narrator Robert Petkoff, hand-chosen to narrate with the approval of MacDonald’s estate, brings McGee’s world of the Busted Flush (his houseboat, which he won in a poker game) and “Miss Agnes” (his custom Rolls-Royce pickup truck) to vivid life.
©1964 John D. MacDonald Publishing, Inc. Renewal © 1992 Maynard MacDonald (P)2012 Audible, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
Critic reviews
The narration was superb. Hard, tonal, introspective and gentle when needed.
Genesis
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Highly recommend this.
Gripping and thought-provoking
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Where does The Deep Blue Good-By rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
One of the best. Travis McGee is great.What other book might you compare The Deep Blue Good-By to, and why?
The other Travis McGee books in the series. They all have the same main character.Have you listened to any of Robert Petkoff’s other performances? How does this one compare?
Not heard Robert Petkoff before. He handled this story fantasticallyWas this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, it was great but listening in pieces of stolen time was perfect for this book. Between times I was wondering what would happen.Any additional comments?
Superb start to a wonderful series of books.Brilliant Start to a Great Series!
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Lists. Endless lists. It become quite common for Travis McGee to suddenly list things he doesn't like (credit cards, ID documents, savings accounts) or things in his boat or whatever. These lists add absolutely nothing to the story and just feel like the author ranting.
Travis becomes the author's mouthpiece far, far too often. Streams of internal dialogue about how the world's going to pot, how women aren't what they used to be, how the government is too big, how the labour market is too saturated. I ended up just tuning out the main character which isn't a good sign.
Travis is an inconsistent character, ready to murder the bad guy if necessary but not able to steal gems for him later? Not easy to empathise with in general.
The women are also portrayed oddly, falling into hysteria and bouts of submissiveness. Compared to Paul Temple (which was set in a similar era in the UK) the woman are almost unrecognisable.
And Travis's career is fairly stupid. The author's trying to find a modern day Robin Hood role but I can only imagine that will stretch further and further as the series goes on, unless the bad guys keep their money in a pot under the bed then there's little for old Trav to grab.
It was, however, a thrilling read once it got going. Good yarn but you'll find better without looking too hard.
Good but dated in places
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pulp at its very best
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Thought provoking
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