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IB A! Ft _ _ macuonara i JOHN a MarJMlNAIT A NOVEL CINNAMON SKIN Pit PlirSt llsnrfnl "F "Cinnamon Skin," by John D. M Donald, marks the twentieth adventure Florida salvager Travis McGee, a pleas surprise after last year's disappoint "Free Fall in Crimson." The novel centers around the appai deaths of Evan Lawrence and his > Norma after a bomb destroys the boat t have borrowed from Norma's uncle, Mej Meyer, McGee's longtime sidekick away in Toronto when the tragedy occui a tragedy possibly aimed at Meyer. ? after the bombing, a phone call links attack to a Chilean terrorist group, bu one has heard of this terrorist gr and Meyer's connection to Chile's mil government is slight. AT MEYER'S insistence, McGee, b to look into the case and soon discovers P Atte ICompi Eng B ? M31 The University a calculator cU presented by a |f AH* iuui UIMI IUUIWI Stop by the A department if questions. Anc register for a I fin a I Hnwino \ Ijjj IM % %> w w mm m ^ i ^ ^ ^ ^ * 1 ^ hhhh eturns to book re S Lawrence may not have during the fatal exDloeion. McGee and Meyer se Lawrence's past. The ii them to Texas and eventu The book is vintage Mi tight, hard prose that nn series: "Sergeant Paul Sigi Thursday morning at n twenty-minute wait in ! There was room in his off desk, three straight-ba without arms, and two gi He was in his thirties, sweat-darkened khakis. I down almost to his eye eyes, and a desperado m \ window was open and a i file cabinets turned back t. the corners of the papei V giving a recurrent illusioi J ONE OF THE intere corioo ic that tVi ATAVV4VV ?V0 lO v? ?m v vai change from novel to no the preceding novel stil novel stands by itself an ac a first-time reader as w( for read the previous 19 bool ant MacDonald blends 1 ;ing several interesting obs define McGee's characl educata the reader: Wh *ent not built for running an< vife on an interstate in Texas hey If there is a disappoin fer. is that MacDonald buil , is situation he defuses rati s ? be fair to MacDonald, tl toon impossible to resolve, 1 the decided to engage this t t no brought it to a conclusio oup, This complaint aside, itary an exciting detective s well worth reading. In is a worthy successoi igins mett's gritty Wept Coj that 1930s-40s. ntion All jter Science ;ineering usiness th Students Bookstore wil jmonst ration i representative Sept. 2nd & : rts and Engine - - rn m Limta >^ g you nave nay i, while you ar tree calculator will be on Sept rsity Bookstore rrtner in Education' mil i miiiHiiini mill r ventage Ton view y Atf* been on the boat |||jj|lg|^9 t out to uncover ivestigation leads i ally to Mexico. ac Dona Id with the Larked the McGee era saw us on ice for a gray steel ie had black bangs rs on his desk and n of comfort." *Jl sting facets of the ;J| ic mam uididticia ^ -BH vel. While events in lira.. 1 affect them, each JlL ^J^lg d can be enjoyed by ggjj?jk ill someone who has the mystery with ////.', ' ervations that help f er and in some way ;{i y is the human body [///A i how does one drive tment in the novel it Ids the reader for a ler than resolves. To ie situation is almost Author John D. I >ut once MacDonald . . . .. _ heme he should have "??* ,n ",s 'rawi8 n. his last effort In "Cinnamon Skin" is sidekick resolve s tory and one that is every sense, McGee ?r to Dashiell Hamist detectives of the t*B * .. 5:= "" *?||5 | i4H2nU ;?H '-''* ******** OF i I have I Wm i from | ?rd. I ering I e here I i The 1 t. 14 th. ^ IwyrKhy n > : .-: iT^jMjKjM' ~'~-'' - ~"" ' ": -'-?^ --/' f-3>"/5v3>: - v v ?H|[8Mwp:->^:^-^M|B^B^BBMK MacDortald has written the 21 Mi;Gee series, a superior tfcr 'Cinnamon Skin/ McGee and ome nagging problems. -i, WHAT A BEAUTIrUL M K?:- * aril LUiV <e up to a buttery Biscuit Bn eked with egg, and ham, sat steak. Or a platter of fresh 'i eggs, sausage 1211 COLLEGES "H?g. U.t. Pi A tM OW. QtMlfrfcj j Don't I foreet! w II :?g EntertainF f | ment 11 writers tm: meeting 10 Russell House i a ^____ ORNING MtiNU! m W ^ ^ | akfast sandwich, isage or breakfast BURGER i fluffv scrambled 1/1^1#^ and hash browns. TREET ONLY jd? King Corporation '<">* ?? 1 ** ? 1