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The Fools in Town Are on Our Side
Author | : Ross Thomas |
Publsiher | : Minotaur Books |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2007-04-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1429981679 |
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"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 a Hong Kong prison, debriefed, handed a false passport, a new wardrobe and a $20,000 check, his haughty control makes it clear that Dye's career with his country has been permanently terminated. But a good agent is always in demand, and just a few hours later Dye is being interviewed for a highly ingenious position. Victor Orcutt, although a not very good imitation of a British pre-war gent, has creative talents of his own. He has his sights a small southern city, with the ordinary run-of-the-mill corruption one would expect in such a place. The canny Orcott knows there's no profit in that . His creed is "To get better, it must be much worse." He and his two associates have looked up Dye's history, and he now offers the ex-spy's a mission. For two and a half times the government's bounty, Dye is to thoroughly corrupt the town. And the sly Dye takes the offer.
The Fools in Town are on Our Side
Author | : Ross Thomas |
Publsiher | : Warner Books (NY) |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0445405600 |
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""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 a Hong Kong prison, debriefed, handed a false passport, a new wardrobe and a $20,000 check, his haughty control makes it clear that Dye's career with his country has been permanently terminated. But a good agent is always in demand, and just a few hours later Dye is being interviewed for a highly ingenious position. Victor Orcutt, although a not very good imitation of a British pre-war gent, has creative talents of his own. He has his sights a small southern city, with the ordinary run-of-the-mill corruption one would expect in such a place. The canny Orcott knows there's no profit in that . His creed is "To get better, it must be much worse." He and his two associates have looked up Dye's history, and he now offers the ex-spy's a mission. For two and a half times the government's bounty, Dye is to thoroughly corrupt the town. And the sly Dye takes the offer.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Author | : Mark Twain |
Publsiher | : Collector's Library |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2010-08 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1904633463 |
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Huckleberry Finn, an abused outcast, rafts with Jim, a runaway slave, down the Mississippi River, where they have a variety of experiences.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Author | : Mark Twain |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0520053389 |
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Pennyroyal-California ed. A young boy and an escaped slave float down the Mississippi River and have many adventures along the way.
Browsings
Author | : Michael Dirda |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2015-08-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781605988450 |
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Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda has been hailed as "the best-read person in America" (The Paris Review) and "the best book critic in America" (The New York Observer). His latest volume collects fifty of his witty and wide-ranging reflections on a life in literature. Reaching from the classics to the post-moderns, his allusions dance from Samuel Johnson, Ralph Waldo Emerson and M. F. K. Fisher to Marilynne Robinson, Hunter S. Thompson, and David Foster Wallace. Dirda's topics are equally diverse: literary pets, the lost art of cursive writing, book inscriptions, the pleasures of science fiction conventions, author photographs, novelists in old age, Oberlin College, a year in Marseille, writer's block, and much more. As admirers of his earlier books will expect, there are annotated lists galore—of perfect book titles, great adventure novels, favorite words, books about books, and beloved children's classics, as well as a revealing peek at the titles Michael keeps on his own nightstand.Funny and erudite, Browsings is a celebration of the reading life, a fan's notes, and the perfect gift for any booklover.
If You Can t be Good
Author | : Ross Thomas |
Publsiher | : Richmond Hill, Ont. : Simon & Schuster of Canada |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0671784188 |
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Fifty Years of the Texas Observer
Author | : Char Miller |
Publsiher | : Trinity University Press |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2012-08-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781595340870 |
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For the past five decades the Texas Observer has been an essential voice in Texas culture and politics, championing honest government, civil rights, labor, and the environment, while providing a platform for many of the state’s most passionate and progressive voices. Included are ninety-one selections from Roy Bedichek, Lou Dubose, Ronnie Dugger, Dagoberto Gilb, Jim Hightower, Molly Ivins, Larry McMurtry, Maury Maverick Jr., Willie Morris, Debbie Nathan, and others. To mark the Observer’s fiftieth anniversary, Char Miller has selected a cross section of the best work to appear in its pages. Not only does the collection pay homage to an important alternative voice in Texas journalism, it also serves as a progressive chronicle of a half-century of life in the Lone Star State—a state that has spawned three presidents in the last forty years. If Texas is, as some say, a crucible for national politics, then Fifty Years of the Texas Observer can be read as a casebook for issues that concern citizens in all fifty states. Molly Ivins's foreword gives historical background for the Observer and sets the stage for the book.
The Porkchoppers
Author | : Ross Thomas |
Publsiher | : Overamstel Uitgevers |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2011-10-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9789049986742 |
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Two hard-nosed bosses scrap for control of America’s largest union Born to a steelworker but harboring theatrical aspirations, Donald Cubbin grew up tempted by two careers. A Hollywood scout finally notices him, but Cubbin has already taken a job with the local union boss. He’s always regretted that decision—especially now. After decades climbing the ranks, Cubbin runs the show as the union’s president. An election looms, and his opponent proves to be a dangerously loose cannon. Cubbin made dozens of enemies over the years, and one has just engaged a hired killer. The fight for Cubbin’s job starts with muckraking but could end in murder.