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The Fools in Town Are on Our Side Paperback - 2003

by Ross Thomas; Introduction by Tony Hiss

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From the publisher

"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

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 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.

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  • Title The Fools in Town Are on Our Side
  • Author Ross Thomas; Introduction by Tony Hiss
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Minotaur Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2003-05-16
  • ISBN 9780312315825 / 0312315821
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.1 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 2.79 cm)
  • Category Fiction - Mystery/ Detective
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Gulf Coast (U.S.)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2002191953
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 03/15/2003, Page 122
  • PW Notes and Reprints, 04/07/2003, Page 50

About the author

Ross Thomas is ranked as one of the very top thriller writers by his fellow authors, and his readers loudly agree. Two Edgar Awards, and other prizes, only complement the abundant praise that Thomas has received.

Thomas died in 1995, and since then all but one of his twenty-five novels have gone out of print. This should never have happened to the man of whom The New Yorker has said "Very few...are as consistently entertaining...even fewer can match him for style and power." Minotaur is proud to remedy this situation by reissuing Thomas's novels. So start reading, and prepare to join Ross Thomas's legions of admiring fans.

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