Doug writes: Guess I'm waxing a little poetic here, huh? :)
But
> Thomas is one of my favorite writers in the genre,
and
> I wish he was better known and
appreciated.
Can't wax too poetic about this master. His FOOLS IN TOWN...
should appeal to fans of RED HARVEST, though less
blood-drenched. It's a classic instance of the Twain formula
(as seen in "The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg"), where you
use the town's native greed (& organized power structure)
to pull off a big one.
Thomas' BRIARPATCH is regularly read in his native state of
Oklahoma,where it is part of a regularly mounted library
discussion series which features books about the state. His
book is "about" Oklahoma City, mostly, and it's quite
delightful to read stories and characters in that book which
are close enough to the originals to raise a chuckle of
recognition.
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