Fletchs Fortune by Gregory Mcdonald audiobook. Vintage Books, ISBN: 0375713557 (March, 2002), 253 p., $12.00. Fletch, as unbridled as ever and still living the good life in Italy on his ill-gotten fortune. Because a lot of people were employed by Walter March, and most of them had a reason to hate him. But before he can even set up his surveillance, there's a murder. So he finds himself enlisted as a spy among his peers. But when agents Eggers and Fabens show up with a little more information about Fletch than is comfortable and an invitation to the A.J.A. But somebody has.Įnjoying himself on the French Riviera, developing a killer tan, and sleeping with the neighbor's wife, Fletch is feeling pretty flush. And he's pretty sure he hasn't paid his dues to the American Journalism Alliance anytime recently.
He hadn't been a practicing journalist for years, although people remembered him and he still has a few contacts. Others can judge for themselves.Gregory Mcdonald: Fletch's Fortune (USA 2002) After three outings, I am just not that interested in following Fletch. It is hard to put my finger on it, but I have a hard time staying engaged with the Fletch novels and ready to put them aside.
As usual, Fletch does come through in the end unraveling a murder committed at the function he is eavesdropping. Confess, Fletch, a largely faithful adaptation of Mcdonald’s second Fletch novel, is a passion project for its star Jon Hamm, who, when broke in the 1980s, famously shoplifted Fletch books after falling in love with the Chase version. This is a very typical Fletch novel full of sarcasm and silliness. They blackmail Fletch into attending a major journalist media event with instructions to secretly tape the rooms of the major participants. With all the nefarious things Fletch has done from previous novels, it all comes to a head as two reported CIA operatives visit him in Italy revealing they know of multiple crimes Fletch has committed stateside. As far as the story itself is concerned, we find Fletch forced into returning to the states at the behest of the CIA. He delivers a spot on performance and keeps the storyline moving forward. The best part of any Fletch novel is the narration by Dan John Miller.
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