Safekeeping: More Ta

by Gregory McDonald

Book Overview

A very good copy with light edge wear, light readers craeses 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892961392
• ISBN13: 9780892961399
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Mysterious Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An ignored classic, and a reviewer who wants 1st time $$$

This book was given to me by my mother based on a bit on the back cover that compared the author to Mark Twain. As wrong as that may be, I'm glad she picked it up. The fellow who wrote it is actually better known for the Fletch character and the related books. The same whimsical, tongue-in-cheek tone is present here, but where the book really distinguishes itself is in character development. The personalities of Robbie, Thadeus Lowry, and the Savalos are trompe l'oeil paintings of people done in the broadest strokes, and the evocation of the war era in New York is magnificent. While a thrilling and entertaining read, the book also affords insights into America, as seen through the eyes of Robbie, a young stranger here. The most amazing thing about Safekeeping, and the thing that has stayed with me for well over ten years (the time since first I read the book) is the cultural differences between America and England being so clearly illustrated by Robbie's ten-year old eyes taking in America as a whole as if it was an unfinished work, waiting for his more mature hand to coax some beauty out of it and out of the lives of the people he meets here.