[LMB] trashy books for guys - what's the difference?

[Peter H. Granzeau]

At 04:32 PM 2/2/2008, Thomas Vinson wrote:
>Pete Granzeau notes, with respect to Dick Francis:
>
> > Bur (after reading nearly all of them), a bit formulaic.  For
> > instance, someplace in the first third of the book, the hero get the
> > *#%@ beaten out of him, just to warn him off of whatever he's doing.
>
>He quit a career as a steeplechase jockey after a couple of bad
>falls.  I usually got the feeling from his books that the protagonist
>had a masochistic/machismo outlook and felt he hadn't put in
>an honest day's work unless he had a few boken bones to show
>for it.  I also got the feeling that, no matter what his actual standing
>with the law, the protagonist believed strongly in putting in an
>honest day's work.

I forget the titles, but I think my favorite was the trans-Canada train trip.


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Regards, Pete
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