Ross Thomas (1926–1995)
Auteur van Briarpatch
Over de Auteur
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 toon meer 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) toon minder
Ontwarringsbericht:
(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.
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Werken van Ross Thomas
Unsere Stadt muß sauber werden / Wahlparole: Mord / Nur laß dich nicht erwischen. (1995) 5 exemplaren
Dornbusch: Mit einem Briefwechsel zwischen Ross Thomas und Jörg Fauser (Ross-Thomas-Edition) (2015) 3 exemplaren
Il mercato delle spie 2 exemplaren
Norgold '88 Cairns 1 exemplaar
chien de métier! 1 exemplaar
Gli intermediari 1 exemplaar
Any 1 exemplaar
Jubilee History of Annfield Plain Industrial Co-operative Society ltd. 1870 to 1920 (2022) 1 exemplaar
The Classic Robert Logan Jack Map Collection 1 exemplaar
Spy in the Vodka 1 exemplaar
Smlouva bez podpisu 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Thomas, Ross
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Bleeck, Oliver (pseudonym)
- Geboortedatum
- 1926-02-16
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1995-12-18
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- California, USA
- Beroepen
- public relations specialist
political strategist
union spokesman
reporter
soldier - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Gumshoe Award (Lifetime Achievement, 2002)
- Ontwarringsbericht
- 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.
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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.
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.
I will most likely read more by this author.
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.… (meer)
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.… (meer)
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Edgar Award (2)
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Misschien vindt je deze ook leuk
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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.… (meer)