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Fletch Won
''Fletch Won'' is a mystery novel, mystery/comedy novel written by American Gregory Mcdonald, and published in 1985. It is the eighth book to star the character Fletch (novel), Fletch, but is a prequel set before the events of first seven books in the series. The title is a play on words, reflecting its canonical position in the timeline, with "won" being a homophone of the word "one". The novel follows the early days of the title character's journalism career. Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher is moved off of obituaries and wedding announcements at the News Tribune and is assigned his first journalistic interview, only to have the subject turn up dead in the newspaper's parking lot. He investigates, beginning his dual profession of journalist and detective, investigator. A Fletch Won (film), film adaptation of the novel has been in development for some time with a number of different persons attached. Plot summary During what is effectively a prequel, Fletch has only been at the ''News-Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Mcdonald
Gregory Mcdonald (February 15, 1937 – September 7, 2008) was an American mystery writer whose most famous character is the comedy investigative reporter Irwin Maurice "Fletch" Fletcher. Two of the Fletch books earned Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America: '' Fletch'' was named Best First Novel in 1975, and ''Confess, Fletch'' won for Best Paperback Original in 1977. This is the only time a novel and its sequel won back-to-back Edgars. Mcdonald would go on to write nine more ''Fletch'' novels, including prequels ''Fletch Won'', ''Fletch Too'', and ''Fletch and the Widow Bradley''. The original book became a 1985 movie of the same name starring Chevy Chase. Early life Mcdonald was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts and attended Harvard, paying his own way by operating yachts. Career He worked as a teacher before becoming a journalist for the ''Boston Globe'' in the late 1960s. He left his newspaper position to become a novelist full-time with the publication of ''Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |