The Fools In Town Are On Our Side

Author : Ross Thomas
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1429981679

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The Fools in Town Are on Our Side by Ross Thomas Pdf

"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.

Author : Ross Thomas
Publisher : Warner Books (NY)
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0445405600

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The Fools in Town are on Our Side by Ross Thomas Pdf

""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.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Collector's Library
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1904633463

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Pdf

Huckleberry Finn, an abused outcast, rafts with Jim, a runaway slave, down the Mississippi River, where they have a variety of experiences.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0520053389

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Pdf

Pennyroyal-California ed. A young boy and an escaped slave float down the Mississippi River and have many adventures along the way.

Author : Michael Dirda
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781605988450

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Browsings by Michael Dirda Pdf

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.

Author : Char Miller
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781595340870

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Fifty Years of the Texas Observer by Char Miller Pdf

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.

Author : Ross Thomas
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429981651

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Briarpatch by Ross Thomas Pdf

“America's best storyteller.” —The New York Times Book Review From Edgar Award-winning author Ross Thomas comes Briarpatch, a thrilling mystery of one man’s personal mission to find justice for his family. Now the basis for the USA Network television series executive produced by Sam Esmail, creator of Mr. Robot. A long-distance call from his small Texas hometown on his birthday gives Benjamin Dill the news that his sister Felicity—born on the same day exactly ten years apart—has died in a car bomb explosion. She was a homicide detective who had perhaps made one enemy too many over the course of her career. Unwilling to let local law enforcement handle the investigation, Dill arrives in town that night to begin his dogged search for his sister’s killer. What he finds is no surprise to him as he begins to unravel town secrets, because Benjamin Dill is never surprised at what awful things people will do. Featuring an Introduction by New York Times bestselling author Lawrence Block Edgar Award Winner for Best Novel

Author : Terry Reed
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781628940350

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Book of Fools An Intelligent Person's Guide to Fops, Jackasses, Morons, Dolts, Dunces, Halfwits and Blockheads by Terry Reed Pdf

This book presents a provocatively, outrageously assertive exposure of fools in their not infrequently bizarre manifestations, the object being to leave no halfwits behind. It explores the world of the fool from many perspectives, including Engines of Limited Cognition: Dumb Bells, Dumb Clucks and Dumb Waiters; Imprudence and Its Imbecilic Implications; Fools, Eccentrics & Sons of Momus; and Idiotic Opportunities: Putting Fools to Work. This is not to infer (or even hint) that either the author or his readership is in any demonstrable sense of the word foolish, now or at any other time. After all, no fool would write a book like this, and no fool would read it. Precisely who does read it is a discretely personal decision we leave to those gifted with more than ordinarily inquiring minds. Indeed, those who elect to come along for the ride are likely to find their minds piqued, tickled and enriched by this tour de farce. True to form, Reed illustrates Ambrose Bierce's definition of educational -- 'that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the fools their lack of understanding.' Abundantly documented, endlessly subtle, hopelessly eccentric and deadly funny, the book blends history, sociology, literature, philosophy, etymology and even theology, all with a good laugh.

Author : Sachin Sinhal,Harmik Vaishnav
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Informative Dictionary Series Part 1 : Dictionary of Quotations/Dictionary of Humourous Quotations by Sachin Sinhal,Harmik Vaishnav Pdf

Informative Dictionary Series Part 1: This collection includes two informative dictionaries that are likely to be valuable references for anyone seeking inspiration or amusement through quotations. The anthology features "Dictionary of Quotations" and "Dictionary of Humorous Quotations". These dictionaries aim to provide readers with a diverse collection of quotes and witty sayings from various sources and personalities. Key Aspects of the Book "Dictionary of Quotations": Diverse Collection: "Dictionary of Quotations" likely encompasses quotes from a wide range of sources, including literature, speeches, historical figures, and contemporary personalities. Inspiration and Wisdom: The dictionary may include quotes that offer insights, wisdom, and inspiration on various aspects of life and human experiences. Easy Reference: Readers can expect to quickly find quotes on specific topics or themes for use in speeches, writing, or personal reflection. Key Aspects of the Book "Dictionary of Humorous Quotations": Witty and Amusing Quotes: "Dictionary of Humorous Quotations" likely presents a collection of funny and witty sayings from comedians, writers, and famous personalities. Light-hearted Entertainment: The dictionary may offer quotes that bring smiles and laughter, providing a delightful reading experience. Occasions and Speeches: Readers can expect to find humorous quotes to use in speeches, presentations, or to share with friends and family. The authors, Sachin Sinhal and Harmik Vaishnav, are likely aficionados of language and literature. Through their collaborative efforts, they aim to compile these dictionaries to cater to the diverse interests of readers seeking thought-provoking or lighthearted quotes for various occasions and purposes.

Author : Ross Thomas
Publisher : Richmond Hill, Ont. : Simon & Schuster of Canada
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0671784188

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If You Can't be Good by Ross Thomas Pdf

Author : Ross Thomas
Publisher : Overamstel Uitgevers
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789049986742

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The Porkchoppers by Ross Thomas Pdf

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.

Author : Ross Thomas
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0312315848

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Twilight at Mac's Place by Ross Thomas Pdf

The son of a dead CIA agent is offered $100,000 for the rights to his father's memoirs sight unseen.

Author : Ross Thomas
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780743236485

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Chinaman's Chance by Ross Thomas Pdf

""It was while jogging along the beach just east of the Paradise Cove pier that Artie Wu tripped over a dead pelican, fell, and met the man with six greyhounds."""- "from "Chinaman's Chance" Thus begins what may be the most popular of Ross Thomas's unique stories. The combination of Wu, pretender to the Imperial throne of China, and Quincy Durant, who has his own colorful past, makes for a heady experience. After starting with the deceased pelican on a California beach, the plot mixes in the disappearance of a large sum of money that should have been buried in Vietnam, and the search for the missing member of a trio of singing sisters from the Ozarks. Only Thomas could have stirred this concoction with the style, humor, and suspense that captures the reader at the very beginning and doesn't let go until the last word.

Author : Oklahoma. Department of Libraries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : American literature
ISBN : UIUC:30112067997954

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Surging Seventies by Oklahoma. Department of Libraries Pdf

Author : Catherine Lacey
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780374720131

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Pew by Catherine Lacey Pdf

WINNER of the 2021 NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award. Finalist for the 2021 Dylan Thomas Prize. Longlisted for the 2021 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. One of Publishers Weekly's Best Fiction Books of 2020. One of Amazon's 100 Best Books of 2020. “The people of this community are stifling, and generous, cruel, earnest, needy, overconfident, fragile and repressive, which is to say that they are brilliantly rendered by their wise maker, Catherine Lacey.” --Rachel Kushner, author of The Flamethrowers A figure with no discernible identity appears in a small, religious town, throwing its inhabitants into a frenzy In a small, unnamed town in the American South, a church congregation arrives for a service and finds a figure asleep on a pew. The person is genderless and racially ambiguous and refuses to speak. One family takes in the strange visitor and nicknames them Pew. As the town spends the week preparing for a mysterious Forgiveness Festival, Pew is shuttled from one household to the next. The earnest and seemingly well-meaning townspeople see conflicting identities in Pew, and many confess their fears and secrets to them in one-sided conversations. Pew listens and observes while experiencing brief flashes of past lives or clues about their origin. As days pass, the void around Pew’s presence begins to unnerve the community, whose generosity erodes into menace and suspicion. Yet by the time Pew’s story reaches a shattering and unsettling climax at the Forgiveness Festival, the secret of who they really are—a devil or an angel or something else entirely—is dwarfed by even larger truths. Pew, Catherine Lacey’s third novel, is a foreboding, provocative, and amorphous fable about the world today: its contradictions, its flimsy morality, and the limits of judging others based on their appearance. With precision and restraint, one of our most beloved and boundary-pushing writers holds up a mirror to her characters’ true selves, revealing something about forgiveness, perception, and the faulty tools society uses to categorize human complexity.