
Bright Orange for the Shroud, by John D. MacDonald (Fawcett Gold Medal, 1965). This is the sixth entry in MacDonald’s Travis McGee series. The main cover art is by Ron Lesser, but the inset portrait of McGee was done by John McDermott.

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1 comment:
I never much liked that portrait sketch, it doesn't match with any image I have of McGee from reading the books.
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