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The Mordida Man
Written by Ross Thomas
Narrated by R.C. Bray
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Accepting a presidential assignment when an international terrorist is kidnapped and the terroristrsquo;s friends abduct the presidentrsquo;s brother in answer, independent fixer Chubb Dunjee enters a dangerous world far outside his usual beat.
Author
Ross Thomas
ROSS THOMAS is the author of over twenty-five critically acclaimed novels. His debut, The Cold War Swap, was written in under six weeks and won an Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and Briarpatch won an Edgar Award for Best Novel. He's also written under the name Oliver Bleeck. Thomas died in 1995 at the age of 69 in Santa Monica, California.
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Rating: 3.749999955 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Recently while waxing enthusiastic about my latest Ross Thomas acquisitions, I happened upon the perfect description for the kinds of books he wrote. They’re ‘caper’ novels. A mix of espionage, politics, the con, a heist; sometimes with an assassin and a pair of buddies driving the action. I can’t classify them as thrillers exactly since they’re too tactical; too precise. It’s not that they aren't thrilling, they are, but you see more deeply into the workings of the plot to have many doubts about what’s happening and therefore you don’t hang in suspense. Also not to say that Thomas laid everything bare; he didn’t, he only told you what he thought was good for you. Need to know. He’d tell you when he was ready.In this one there isn’t a pair of buddies as good guys, but a pair as baddies. One is ex-CIA and one is ex-FBI and amusingly pseudonymed Mr. Arnold and Mr. Benedict. The Mordida Man (one who furnishes bribes) has to take them down to rescue the brother of the President of the United States. He’s got some help in the form of the usual rogues; some inside the law, some just outside. The plot is Byzantine even for Thomas, so those who can’t follow complex shenanigans need not apply. There is violence and Thomas isn’t afraid to kill off a character we’ve grown to like, but the violence isn’t gory or gratuitous. This isn’t torture porn. Overall I think this one lacks the appeal of the buddy-driven stories because those relationships and the dialog; full of cryptic byplay and inside jokes, add heart to what without them is just a tiny bit hollow. In this one, Chubb Dunjee (the Mordida Man) is appealing, but he has no one to appeal to outside the reader so he has less opportunity to do so. Still a terrific book and I’ll say it again - everyone should read more Ross Thomas.