Reviews for Lawrence Sanders' McNally's Folly

The average rating for Lawrence Sanders' McNally's Folly based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-06-14 00:00:00 Esther Smith McNally lives at home, in a separate garage apartment, shares cocktail hour with mater and pater, tries to be faithful but falls for buxom beauties, enjoys the specialties at his local yacht club/ bar. His fashion sense would match a striped lime green beret to cherry red polkadot tie over lilac checkered golf knickers. He savors the finest cognac, aromatic cheroot, and onion bedecked burger. I read the series more for his eccentricities and hot Florida sun than adulterous greedy socialite soap opera leading to murders. Read many McNallys, but forgotten which. This cover I do remember. The emphasis on sex seems outdated now, 1960s - 1970s feel. Character portrayal suffered when Lawrence Sanders series taken over by Vincent Lardo. Hope these notes give enough of flavor, better than empty rating.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-27 00:00:00 James Orr Vincent Lardo is no Lawrence Sanders. I gave this one a chance because I just love the McNally books...but there was something about the writing style of the book that seemed stilted. I imagine it is very difficult to try to write story using someone else's characters and style; but perhaps there is a lesson there: don't try.