Maximum Bob | Literary Precedents

Maximum Bob Literary Precedents

Gold Coast (1980) was Leonard's first novel with a south Florida setting, an area that already was the province of John D. Macdonald, creator of the popular Travis McGee mysteries. Both writers use the local milieu more substantively than just for backdrop, and though this novel does not have a heroic McGee type to right all wrongs, Baker and Hammond jointly play the role.