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Ross Thomas (1926–1995)

Autore di Groviglio spinoso

50+ opere 3,918 membri 73 recensioni 25 preferito

Sull'Autore

Writer Ross Thomas was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on February 19, 1926. During World War II, he served in the Philippines. Before becoming a writer in 1965, he worked as a pulic relations specialist and a reporter. He has written over twenty novels, including The Cold War Swap, which won the mostra altro 1967 Edgar Award for best first novel, and Briarpatch, which won the 1985 Edgar Award for best novel. He also wrote a series of novels under the pseudonym Oliver Bleeck. Besides writing novels, he worked on the following three screenplays: St. Ives, which was based on a character he created, Hammett, and Bad Company. He died in Santa Monica, California on December 18, 1995. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Nota di disambiguazione:

(eng) Oliver Bleeck was a pen name of Ross Thomas. Ross Thomas and Thomas Ross are two different names ( different surnames) please do not combine these.

Serie

Opere di Ross Thomas

Groviglio spinoso (1984) 388 copie
Pelican Bay (1978) 330 copie
Out on the Rim (1987) 263 copie
The Cold War Swap (1966) 239 copie
La quarta Durango (1989) 230 copie
Crepuscolo al Mac's place (1990) 207 copie
Cast a Yellow Shadow (1967) 205 copie
Gli ipnotisti (1993) 203 copie
Missionary Stew (1983) 156 copie
The Eighth Dwarf (1979) 156 copie
Ah, Treachery! (1994) 154 copie
The Backup Men (1971) 117 copie
The Singapore Wink (1969) 110 copie
The Money Harvest (1975) 103 copie
If You Can't Be Good (1973) 101 copie
The Seersucker Whipsaw (1967) 97 copie
Yellow-Dog Contract (1977) 91 copie
The Mordida Man (1981) 89 copie
The Porkchoppers (1972) 89 copie
The Brass Go-Between (1969) 85 copie
The Procane Chronicle (1971) 75 copie
Protocol for a Kidnapping (1971) 74 copie
The Highbinders (1974) 65 copie
No Questions Asked (1976) 63 copie
Teufels Küche (2010) 3 copie
Bad Company [1995 film] (1995) — Writer — 3 copie
Chien de métier (1970) 1 copia
Any 1 copia
La madriguera (1984) 1 copia
Maailman laidalla (1995) 1 copia

Opere correlate

D.C. Noir 2: The Classics (2008) — Collaboratore — 63 copie
Blood In, Blood Out [1993 film] (1993) — Original story — 26 copie
The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold [2006 film] (2006) — Actor, alcune edizioni17 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico
Thomas, Ross
Altri nomi
Bleeck, Oliver (pseudonym)
Data di nascita
1926-02-16
Data di morte
1995-12-18
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di nascita
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Luogo di morte
Santa Monica, California, USA
Luogo di residenza
California, USA
Attività lavorative
public relations specialist
political strategist
union spokesman
reporter
soldier
Premi e riconoscimenti
Gumshoe Award (Lifetime Achievement, 2002)
Nota di disambiguazione
Oliver Bleeck was a pen name of Ross Thomas.

Ross Thomas and Thomas Ross are two different names ( different surnames) please do not combine these.

Utenti

Recensioni

I got this book because i totally loved the TV show.   I don't normally watch TV shows before i read the book but i got totally hooked on it because it was just so frigging awesome.

But having had a brief start at reading this book, it just isn't as good as the TV show.   Pick is a guy in the book whereas in the TV show it's Rosario Dawson and i just can't get my head around Pick being a man.

So i've decided to put this away for quite a few years when i hopefully may have forgotten all about the TV show and then i'll come back and give it a read.   Probably not though.   Me thinks it's just one of those books that will get relegated to "The Boneyard" forever.… (altro)
 
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5t4n5 | 15 altre recensioni | Aug 9, 2023 |
Have to confess that I can never follow complicated con games (I still haven't figured out what happened in Oceans 11, and I've watched it several times), but I enjoyed the pace and the characters in this one, not to mention the retro-LA setting.
 
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JudyGibson | 7 altre recensioni | Jan 26, 2023 |
This is my second book by Ross Thomas. I read "The Fools in Town are on Our Side " a few week before this, and enjoyed it enough to seek more. Both had interesting stories, humorous dialogs, lots of twists and turns, and people having bad days in general.

I will most likely read more by this author.
 
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MartyFried | 7 altre recensioni | Oct 9, 2022 |
I liked this a lot. The dialog was quick and witty, the plot was complex and hard to figure out, the characters were great, mostly likable. Even the villains were almost likable. The style is a little like the old-fashioned detective novels like Dashiell Hammett or Philip Marlowe, although I can't really recall either of them.

I'm still not 100% sure exactly what happened, perhaps because I had the audiobook version, and may have missed parts of it. I did have to go back a few times, and I think I got most of it. I wouldn't mind rereading it one day, but there's more in the series of the main character, Arthur Case Wu, the Chinaman who is unlike any Chinaman I've ever met. A pretty interesting guy.… (altro)
 
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MartyFried | 7 altre recensioni | Oct 9, 2022 |

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Statistiche

Opere
50
Opere correlate
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Utenti
3,918
Popolarità
#6,459
Voto
3.9
Recensioni
73
ISBN
398
Lingue
11
Preferito da
25

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