brian
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Post by brian on Jul 24, 2007 2:09:34 GMT -5
I think maybe I have them all. And Joseph Wambaugh. I love Joseph Wambaugh
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Post by Goalie on Jul 24, 2007 7:29:00 GMT -5
I like both of those authors too Brian. ;D
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Post by Allison - on Jul 24, 2007 8:03:08 GMT -5
Bill Schumaker has a few out too....same ilk...good books.
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Post by johnnysauntie on Jul 24, 2007 11:29:37 GMT -5
I've read everything Francis wrote. Good good stuff! Brian, which was your favorite? I think I liked Hot Money the best, though Bolt and its sequel (can't remember that title) were very good too. And the one with the Derby (Dahrby) prospect Archangel and the snooty young jockey and the evil, consumed with syphilis and thus nuts father - that was a good one!
Francis knows how to create a villian, that's for sure.
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Post by adcooper on Jul 24, 2007 12:04:43 GMT -5
I've read many of the Francis books, some more than once. It's all a blur! I do like his formula, but please don't quiz me on the details.
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Post by corgi on Jul 24, 2007 12:19:45 GMT -5
I LOVE Dick Francis! My favorite is "For Kicks" - must have been one of his early ones (mid-60s).
Wonderful, couldn't put it down, but also extremely horrific - more so than his other ones IMO.
JA - was the one with Archangel "Hot Money"? I just read it, it was great!
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Post by johnnysauntie on Jul 24, 2007 16:35:48 GMT -5
nope! it was bugging me so I googled. "Bonecrack" is the one w/ Archangel.
"Hot Money" is the one with the super dysfunctional family - Malcolm the old rich guy with all the ex wives?
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brian
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Post by brian on Jul 25, 2007 0:30:39 GMT -5
nope! it was bugging me so I googled. "Bonecrack" is the one w/ Archangel. "Hot Money" is the one with the super dysfunctional family - Malcolm the old rich guy with all the ex wives? Yes. They blow his house up. At least no horses get killed. I hate it when horses get killed. |
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brian
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Post by brian on Jul 25, 2007 0:36:21 GMT -5
I've read everything Francis wrote. Good good stuff! Brian, which was your favorite? I think I liked Hot Money the best, though Bolt and its sequel (can't remember that title) were very good too. And the one with the Derby (Dahrby) prospect Archangel and the snooty young jockey and the evil, consumed with syphilis and thus nuts father - that was a good one! Francis knows how to create a villian, that's for sure. Banker was good. The ones with Sid Halley were real good. My mother in law would give them to me when I was laid up after getting crunched up by a horse when I was training.I think she was trying to tell me something . |
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