- Paperback: 253 pages
- Publisher: Avon Books; Reissue edition (31 Dec 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0380006456
- ISBN-13: 978-0380006458
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.4 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 231,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Fletch
He’s an investigative reporter whose methods are a little unorthodox. Currently he’s living on the beach with the strung-out trying to find to the source of the drugs they live for.
Fletch
He’s taking more than a little flack from his editor. She doesn’t appreciate his style. Or the expense account items he’s racking up. Or his definition of the word deadline. Or the divorce lawyers who keep showing up at the office.
Fletch
So when multimillionaire Alan Stanwyk offers Fletch the job of a lifetime, which could be worth a fortune, he’s intrigued and decides to do a little investigation. What he discovers is that the proposition is anything but what it seems. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
He’s an investigative reporter whose methods are a little unorthodox. Currently he’s living on the beach with the strung-out trying to find to the source of the drugs they live for.
Fletch
He’s taking more than a little flack from his editor. She doesn’t appreciate his style. Or the expense account items he’s racking up. Or his definition of the word deadline. Or the divorce lawyers who keep showing up at the office.
Fletch
So when multimillionaire Alan Stanwyk offers Fletch the job of a lifetime, which could be worth a fortune, he’s intrigued and decides to do a little investigation. What he discovers is that the proposition is anything but what it seems. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Fletch is a very funny book,that is more adult than the films{chevy chase}.
The prose is lean and uncluttered, full with hilarious dialogue and very wry observations.Its essentially a detective story with a reporter.It is a quick read,largely because its so funny and is well worth reading.
The prose is lean and uncluttered, full with hilarious dialogue and very wry observations.Its essentially a detective story with a reporter.It is a quick read,largely because its so funny and is well worth reading.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I came to this book having seen the film, and for fans of the film (or films) there is much that is familiar in the book. The same off hand attitude to money (often other people's), apparent chaos in his private life and general wisecracking pervade the book as they do the film. However I found this Fletch to be more callous and cynical than the film version, but there is an integrity in his reporter's instinct for a story and his duty to uncover the truth. The book is slightly more plausible than the film although Fletch once again times everything to perfection. The original premise is of course intriguing, why is a man who seems to have it all willing to pay Fletch to murder him? Definitely worth a read and very funny in parts but there is an edge to this Fletch.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've always wanted to get my hands on the Fletch books, but here in the UK they are quite difficult to come by. The recent American printings are not available in stores over here so image how cool it was when I got all of them for Xmas. Who cares if they are older printings?
Chevy Chase is one of my favorite actors (though he does seem to have vanished off the face of the earth recently save for campaigning heavily and controversially with Senator John Kerry in the recent elections) and I love the Fletch movies. Many people use the unoriginal expression that 'the book is always better than the movie' but, as my review title says, they usually end up being as good as each other.
The book is slightly harder in tone and Fletch's sarcasm frequently comes across as arrogance. I understand the movie had to keep things a bit lighter in order to be a PG but the whole drug smuggling and corrupt cops plot is just as serious her as in the movie. Stuff like Fletch's drug-addicted 15-year-old girlfriend, her death and a fair amount of swearing are the only differences the books has in tone. Where is seems a bit bland in comparison to the movie is that it's fairly static. Also, the final confrontation with Alan Stanwyk has a touch more nobility and Fletch's attitude towards him less apathetic.
In Fletch the movie Chevy Chase travels all over the place, impersonating people, using crazy aliases, breaking and entering etc. But in the book most of the aliases and investigation is done through phone calls at his office or from his apartment. It lacks excitement in this respect.
All your favorite characters are still in here such as Fletch's perpetually angry boss Frank and the sleazy Lawyer Gillette (Arnold T. Pants Esq.). Definitely a book to read for fans of the movie or anyone who enjoys crime fiction. And how natural does it seem to imagine Chevy Chase as Fletch regardless of the tone or situation?
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