Ross thomas author biography in the background

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ROSS, Thomas (1768-1843: ancestry.co.uk)

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Ross Thomas

Briarpatch
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4.04 avg rating — 1,767 ratings — published 1984 — 51 editions

Chinaman's Chance (Arthur Case Wu, #1)
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4.18 avg rating — 1,051 ratings — published 1978 — 35 editions

The Cold War Swap (Mac McCorckle, #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 804 ratings — published 1966 — 27 editions

The Fools in Town Are on Our Side
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4.19 avg rating — 744 ratings — published 1970 — 24 editions

Out on the Rim (Arthur Case Wu, #2)
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4.13 avg rating — 640 ratings — published 1987 — 46 editions

Twilight at Mac's Place (Mac McCorkle, #4)
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4.15 avg rating — 537 ratings — published 1990 — 22 editions

The Eighth Dwarf

4.07 avg rating — 518 ratings — published 1979 — 31 editions

The Fourth Durango
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3.97 avg rating — 489 ratings — published 1989 — 29 editions

Cast a Yellow Shadow (Mac McCorkle, #2)

3.98 avg rating — 454 ratings — published 1967 — 28 editions

The Singapore Wink

3.96 avg rating — 454 ratings — published 1969 — 40 editions

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Thus far in this week's worth of posts on crime/espionage/political thriller author Ross Thomas – the third such weekI've dedicated to him– I've shown you a 1968 UK first edition of Thomas's second novel, The Seersucker Whipsaw, and a 1969 UK first edition of his fourth novel, The Singapore Wink(a post which now sports an intriguing comment from the British Library; I'll try and find out what that's all about as soon as I can). Today it's time for something a little more substantial, namely a review of the writer's fifth novel, 1970's The Fools in Town Are on Our Side.

I mentioned at the end of this post last weekthat The Fools in Town Are on Our Sideis perhaps Thomas's most ambitious book – the key word there being "perhaps". I've not read every Ross Thomas novel – just six out of the twenty-five he wrote(I'm including his five pseudonymous Oliver Bleeckbooks there) – so I can't make any claims on being a Thomas aficionado (unlike Book Glutton). It's entirely possible some of his other novels have a greater scope than The Fools in Town, but one thing the novel does appear to be is Thomas's biggest book. My Hodder & Stoughton first editionclocks in at 383 pages – which is, in fact, exactly the same page count as the other len

ross thomas author biography in the background