A Key to the Suite (Fawcett Gold Medal #D1745)

By John D. MacDonald

Book Overview

A master of the thriller turns his talent for riveting suspense to the world of business. In this bold novel, John D. MacDonald exposes the backstabbing and betrayals, sordid deeds and savage... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: B009XNDKC0
• Release Date: January 1962
• Publisher: Fawcett Gold Medal Books
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Chamber music in a minor key

This is my very favorite John D. MacDonald book so far. It is a slim book, filled with terse descriptions of unfortunate characters behaving as they are programmed to behave while justifying their greed, ambition, moral blindness and vengeful stupidity. As each character sets his own traps, s/he is pulled closer to a pre-destined demise. Can the corporation force an honorable worker to become a Judas, a hatchet man? Can popularity save an aging henchman from being sucked into his own whirlwind intrigues? Can S_E_X atone for the loss of dignity? Can a call girl regain her loveabilty through dignity and fair play or atone for her rashness through mortality? What do you THINK? Of course not! EVERYBODY PAYS! Nobody wins! A KEY TO THE SUITE is juicy, glossy entertainment stripped of pulp and held under a moral microscope. It isn't Harold Robbins, folks. If you read the narrative too fast, you'll miss the beauty of the writing. If you read it more than once, you'll find that there's still more meat on those bones. This book is a KNOCKOUT!