The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything

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The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything is a humorous science fiction novel by John D. MacDonald about a man who inherits a mysterious watch that can stop time, leading to a series of comic and adventurous misadventures.

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instanceOf humorous science fiction novel
novel
science fiction novel
adaptedAs The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1980 television film) NERFINISHED
author John D. MacDonald NERFINISHED
centralTheme comic adventure
sudden inheritance
time manipulation
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Robert McGinnis NERFINISHED
genre humor
science fiction
hasCharacter Bonnie Lee Beaumont NERFINISHED
Uncle Omar Krebs NERFINISHED
hasFormat paperback
hasISBN 9780449130704
hasMainCharacter Kirby Winter NERFINISHED
hasMotif corporate intrigue
romantic comedy
sudden wealth
hasPageCountApprox 190–220 pages
hasProtagonistOccupation unemployed clerk
hasSequel The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite NERFINISHED
hasSubject chance and fate
greed
power and responsibility
hasTargetAudience adult readers
hasTimePeriodOfPublication early 1960s
language English
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person
narrativeTone comic
notableFor blend of crime and science fiction elements
comic use of a time-stopping device
plotDevice time-stopping watch
publicationYear 1962
publisher Fawcett Publications NERFINISHED
setting 20th-century United States
timeTravelType time stop

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John D. MacDonald notableWork The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything