Again Peyton Place

by Don Tracy

First original novel based on the tv series.

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1967

About the author

Donald Fiske Tracy aka Barnaby Ross, Roger Fuller.

Don Tracy, was born in New Britain, Connecticut. He worked as a reporter for local newspapers in New Brittain from 1926-1928, then as editor of Radio News in New York from 1928-1934. In 1934, his first novel, All Sold!, and his second novel, Flash, were published. After World War II, he also taught summer courses at Syracuse University from 1955-1960, and become fairly well known for his historical novels, without abandoning the crime novel. Toward the end of his life, he met the president of the New Life Foundation, an anti-alcohol league. Under the pseudonym "Roger Fuller", he wrote novelizations of the films The Sign Of The Pagan (1954) and the television series The Defenders (1964, 1965), The Fugitive and Peyton Place. He died in Florida after a battle with cancer in 1976.

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.