Again Peyton Place

by Roger Fuller

First original novel based on the tv series.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1967

About the author

Pseudonym of Don Tracy, author of many crime and detective novels listed in the Revised Crime Fiction IV. Tracy used the Fuller pen name primarily for TV & movie adapations such as the one below.
Fear in a Desert Town. TV movie [series episode/The Fugitive]: Quinn Martin, 1963, as Fear in a Desert City (scw: Stanford Whitmore; dir: Walter Grauman). Leading character: Dr. Richard Kimble (David Janssen)

Reviews

[Michael David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nowadays, when writers create a novelization out of movies or series, most of them aim to make money from the work rather than try to actually write a compelling story. I honestly thought little of Peyton Place, because Grace Metalious wasn't that good of a writer. This novel, however, used the vignette that Metalious became popular for, and actually weaved a beautiful and tragic story about two misfits in Peyton Place. Tracy capably used the vignettes to adumbrate the ineluctable ending, which was mainly due to the fact that Peyton Place was unforgiving to everyone within.