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The Fools in Town are On Our Side by Ross Thomas @@@@@ (5 out of 5) Lucifer C. Dye — one of several characters in the novel with Dickensian names — is a multilingual former American intelligence operative fired by his agency (not the CIA!) after causing an enormous clusterf**k in Singapore. THE FOOLS IN TOWN ARE ON OUR SIDE is an amazing piece of writing. The late Ross Thomas not only carved out one of the best thrillers in print but he did so with interesting, unforgetable characters and in an entertaining style and spot on dialogue that make the pages fly/5(77). THE FOOLS IN TOWN ARE ON OUR SIDE. ". Near fine in close to fine "First" issue dj. (Top edge lightly foxed.).

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 , and since then all but one of his twenty-five novels have gone out of print. Title: The Fools in Town Are on Our Side Author(s): Ross Thomas ISBN: / (USA edition) Publisher: Minotaur Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA Amazon AU. Click to read more about The Fools in Town Are on Our Side by Ross Thomas. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.

The Fools in Town Are on Our Side, which was first published in , takes its inspiration from a quote by Mark Twain. The main protagonist, Lucifer Dye, has had a most unco. Ross Thomas, who died in , deserves to be remembered with other great masters of the crime novel of the latter twentieth century. "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 Ross Thomas chose the quotation from Huckleberry Finn as the text of his post World War II story as well as for the title. Ross Thomas, The Fools in Town Are on Our Side: A Review of the Novel. Thus far in this week's worth of posts on crime/espionage/political thriller author Ross Thomas – the third such week I've dedicated to him – I've shown you a UK first edition of Thomas's second novel, The Seersucker Whipsaw, and a UK first edition of his fourth novel, The Singapore Wink (a post which now sports an intriguing comment from the British Library; I'll try and find out what that's all about as.