4 edition of The fools in town are on our side. found in the catalog.
The fools in town are on our side.
Ross Thomas
Published
1971
by Morrow in New York
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Written in English
Edition Notes
| Genre | Fiction. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | PZ4.T4595 Fo3, PS3570.H58 Fo3 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 383 p. |
| Number of Pages | 383 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL4766745M |
| LC Control Number | 78118058 |
If all the fools in this world should die, lordly God how lonely I should be. - Letter to Olivia Clemens, 1/23/ The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. - More Maxims of Mark, Johnson, Ah, well, I am a great and sublime fool. Today it's time for something a little more substantial, namely a review of the writer's fifth novel, 's The Fools in Town Are on Our Side. I mentioned at the end of this post last week that The Fools in Town Are on Our Side is perhaps Thomas's most ambitious book – .
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The Fools in Town Are on Our Side, by Ross Thomas. Years ago, I traded my mint first of this crime thriller to my friend David Streitfeld—and regretted it almost immediately. In my years as a book editor, I used to call up Ross Thomas to review mysteries and spy novels, and, a consummate professional, he was always at his desk. The old man made me go to the skiff and fetch the things he had got. There was a fifty-pound sack of corn meal, and a side of bacon, ammunition, and a four-gallon jug of whisky, and an old book and two newspapers for wadding, besides some tow. ().
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THE FOOLS IN TOWN ARE ON OUR SIDE is an amazing piece of writing. The late Ross Thomas not only carved out one of the best thrillers in print but he did so with interesting, unforgetable characters and in an entertaining style and spot on dialogue that make the pages fly/5(47). “Hain’t we got all the fools in town on our side.
And ain’t that a big enough majority in any town?” —Mark Twain Ross Thomas chose the quotation from Huckleberry Finn as the text of this post-World War II story as well as for the title.
When Lucifer Dye is released after three months in a Hong Kong prison, debriefed, and handed a false passport, a new wardrobe, and a $20,/5. The Fools in Town Are on Our Side - Kindle edition by Thomas, Ross, Hiss, Tony.
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The Fools in Town Are on Our Side introduces another one of Thomas’s protagonists: Lucifer Dye, a former espionage operative.
Unemployed, Dye forms an alliance with an ex–call girl in. THE FOOLS IN TOWN ARE ON OUR SIDE is an amazing piece of writing.
The late Ross Thomas not only carved out one of the best thrillers in print but he did so with interesting, unforgetable characters and in an entertaining style and spot on dialogue that make the pages fly.5/5(5).
THE FOOLS IN TOWN ARE ON OUR SIDE is an amazing piece of writing. The late Ross Thomas not only carved out one of the best thrillers in print but he did so with interesting, unforgetable characters and in an entertaining style and spot on dialogue that make the pages fly.
No hack writing here, just a nicely entangled plot, sleazy bad and good /5(34). The Fools in Town Are on Our Side | Thomas Ross | download | B–OK.
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Rate this book. Clear rating. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Chinaman's Chance (Arthur Case Wu, #1) by. Ross Thomas, William Heffernan (Introduction) The Fools in Town Are on Our Side by. Ross Thomas, Anthony Hiss (Introduction)4/5().
"Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side. And ain't that a big enough majority in any town?" -- Mark Twain Ross Thomas chose the quotation from Huckleberry Finn as the text of his post World War II story as well as for the title.
When Lucifer Dye is released from three months in /5(26). "Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side. And ain't that a big enough majority in any town?" -- Mark Twain. Ross Thomas chose the quotation from Huckleberry Finn as the text of his post World War II story as well as for the title.
"Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side. And ain't that a big enough majority in any town?" &#; Mark TwainRoss Thomas chose the quotation from Huckleberry Finn as the text of his post World War II story as well as for the title.
When Lucifer Dye is released from three months Brand: St. Martin's Press. The Fools in Town Are on Our Side 作者: Thomas, Ross/ Hiss, Tony (INT) 出版社: St Martins Pr 出版年: 页数: 定价: $ 装帧: Pap ISBN: "Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side.
And ain't that a big enough majority in any town?" -- Mark Twain. Ross Thomas chose the quotation from Huckleberry Finn as the text of his post World War II story as well as for the s: 1. the fools in town are on our side by Ross Thomas ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 8, The plot here is engorged with intense sections giving the bio-background of spy/agent/soldier of fortune Lucifer Dye but it's all fairly energetic.
The Fools in Town Are on Our Side - Ebook written by Ross Thomas. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read The Fools in Town Are on Our Side.4/5(3).
The Fools in Town showcases all his talents and hard-won effortlessness. As a scene-setter, Thomas instantly conjured richly detailed milieus on every continent (well, not Antarctica); the relentlessly drawn, full-scale portrait in this book of a corrupt Southern city almost creates a new genre—that of “investigative storyteller.”4/5(32).
The Fools in Town Are on Our Side () “Hain’t we got all the fools in town on our side. And ain’t that a big enough majority in any town?” —Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn Even if it weren’t such a good book, I’d have picked this one anyway because of its title, which has stuck with me for, geez, nearly fifty years now.
The Fools in Town Are On Our Side Style in everything demands discipline. - Noel Coward. Sunday, Decem I'm probably getting the entire book for Christmas. Plus Marina Rust Conner, mentioned in the article, is gorgeous.
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I’m confident in saying this book is different in one major way - Lucifer Dye has a long and painful back story that takes about ⅓ of the book to fully tell - and in first person.
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