Thomas Kunkel
Thomas Kunkel is the author of a biography of Ross, . He works at the University of Maryland College of Journalism and lives in Burtonsville, Maryland. Edited by Thomas Kunkel Letters from the Editor The New Yorker's Harold Ross Thomas Kunkel [... more]
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Biography - Ross, Thomas B. (1929-2002): An article ...
 Author: Gale Reference Team Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 2 Publication Date: 2003-01-01 Release Date: 2007-12-16 [... more]
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Ah, Treachery!
An Excellent Swan Song For Thomas: I've read at least half of Thomas' twenty some novels 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 " [... more]
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The Fools in Town Are On Our Side
Riveting!!!: At eight years of age, Lucifer Dye could "shill a crap game, pimp for a whore house, speak six or seven languages, roll drunks, and hustle the rubes," but could neither read nor write. Dye is the central character in "The [... more]
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Briar Patch (Crime Masterworks)
Author: Ross Thomas Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780752851723 ISBN: 0752851721 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: 2002-09-05 [... more]
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Ah, Treachery!
An Excellent Swan Song For Thomas: I've read at least half of Thomas' twenty some novels 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 " [... more]
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Voodoo, Ltd.
Convoluted, but in a good way.: The book's title, Voodoo, Ltd., derives from a mispronounciation of Wudu, Ltd., a London based detective agency run by two Americans, Artie Wu and Quincy Durant. Early in the course of this smartly written dark comedy, a [... more]
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Briarpatch
Wonderful writing, so-so plot: This was my first Ross Thomas novel. I had heard from friends what a wonderful writer he was and was eager to give him a shot. The writing is truly outstanding. His desciptions left me alternately laughing and shaking my [... more]
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Chinaman's Chance
The Best Of "Wu & Durant"....: Of the Ross Thomas books containing the Wu & Durant characters, this one is arguably the best. A great story with twists and turns that keep the pages turning with very little effort. The characters are so [... more]
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Eighth Dwarf
Bamboozled...: Bamboozled by the New Yorker quote on the jacket, I expected something quite special from this book. Turns out it's a par for the course spy/international intrigue novel about competing interests pursuing a vigilante killer of culpable [... more]
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Out on the Rim
A witty, tongue-in-cheek romp.: Out on the Rim starts out delightfully enough. The year is 1986, the place Washington, D.C. Sixty year old counterterrorism expert Booth Stallings is hired by persons unknown to deliver a $5 million bribe to a troublesome [... more]
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The Backup Men
The Best of a Series: During his lifetime, Ross Thomas embarked on 3 specific series.This book might be the high point of the second, the Mac's Placebooks. Mike Padillo is the vaguely foreign rake who is the silent partner in a bar & grill run by Mac [... more]
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