The Quick Red Fox
 First edition cover | |
| Author | John D. MacDonald |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Travis McGee |
| Genre | Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Fawcett Publications |
Publication date | September 29, 1964[1] |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Preceded by | A Purple Place for Dying |
| Followed by | A Deadly Shade of Gold |
The Quick Red Fox (1964) is the fourth novel in the Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald. In it, McGee is hired to aid a fictitious Hollywood star named Lysa Dean who is being blackmailed with revealing photographs.
A note for future expansion of this article: In Chapter 6, McGee is thinking "Not necessarily Helo'ise and Abelard, Romeo and Miss Capulet, or even Nappi and Joe. But just a crumb of some kind of love there, lad." Nappi and Joe is a reference to Napoleon and Josephine, popular romantic figures at the time, and there was a silent movie with that title, directed by Alexander Butler, in 1924.
References
- Merril, Hugh (2000). The Red Hot Typewriter: The Life and Times of John D. MacDonald. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur. ISBN 978-0-312-20905-6.
- Geherin, David (1982). John D. MacDonald. F. Ungar Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-8044-2232-1.
- ^ "Books Today". The New York Times: 40. September 29, 1964.
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