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Title: Ah, Treachery! by Ross Thomas, Joe Gores ISBN: 0-312-32704-8 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: correcting Skip Senekka's error
Comment: Ross Thomas, (aka Oliver Bleek) did not write Vandenberg. An excellent book as well, it was written by Oliver Lange. Nevertheless, Ross Thomas is one of the great writers of the last century and will be sorely missed.
Allan Cole
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Swan Song For Thomas
Comment: I've read at least half of Thomas' twenty some novels (including Vandenberg, written under the pseudonym Oliver Bleeck) and I don't know that I could rate any of them higher than Ah, Treachery!(a pretty strong statement considering how fondly and vividly I remember The Fools In Town Are On Our Side, even after twenty-five years). Thomas has a dry and ironic tone in his fiction and a gift for understated outrageousness that is pretty nearly incomparable among today's writers. It's no exaggeration to say that Thomas does better in a paragraph what takes a goodly number of authors a page. He's been compared to Raymond Chandler, and I think he "out-Chandlers" Chandler. As I read Ah, Treachery!, knowing it was his last, I had to marvel at the control and effortlessness of the work--no fading talent here.
Rating: 5
Summary: Thomas' Last is One of His Finest
Comment: Ross Thomas' last published book is typical of his output and agood place to start reading one of America's finest, mostunderappreciated writers.
All of the classic Thomas elements are here: the brilliant opening scene, the quirky character names, the sly political wit, and, of course, plenty of great fun.
The plot is too complicated really to describe in just a few lines. Besides, it is more fun to read and discover it for yourself. As you can expect from Thomas, it is inventive and unique, with plenty of delicious twists and turns.
When Thomas died a few years ago we lost one of the true greats in the mystery/suspense--or, truly, any--genre. His body of work matches up favorably with that of any writer. Each of his books deserves to be read and savored. He is sorely missed.
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Title: Missionary Stew by Ross Thomas, Roger Simon ISBN: 0312327064 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Chinaman's Chance by Ross Thomas ISBN: 0743236483 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 15 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Fools in Town Are on Our Side by Ross Thomas, Tony Hiss ISBN: 0312315821 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 16 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Twilight at Mac's Place by Ross Thomas, T. Jefferson Parker ISBN: 0312315848 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 08 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Fourth Durango by Ross Thomas, Sarah Paretsky ISBN: 0312315856 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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