"Nick Pollotta - Bureau 13 - Judgment-Night" - читать интересную книгу автора (Pollotta Nick)

in Moscow. Plus, additional deals are in progress with
Germany, Australia, France, Italy, and Great Britain.
An amusing anecdote for my English speaking readers, the
Russian translators changed a few things, mostly that Mindy
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became a six foot tall Norwegian blonde, and a certain group
of villains became ex-KGB agents now using necromancy to
try and topple the god-fearing democracy of Russia and
return the iron-heel of communism. Hmm, maybe I did help a
little. Who knows?
Now, since both my American and Russian publishers have
asked me to say something about myself, rather than just
chatting about the books here goes. Gang, if you read my
books, then you know me. My heart, blood, and guts are in
every one. Let me explain. A long time ago I heard a recorded
interview with Frank Sinatra on the radio from 1955, and the
disc jockey was trying to bust Frank's chops with snide
remarks, but Sinatra was cool and answered every question
with panache and humor. Finally, the DJ asked if Sinatra had
a philosophy that he followed and Frank said yes. He did
everything, every song, every performance, every movie, as
if he was going to drop dead instantly after it was finished,
and it would be by this one last act that he would be
remembered foreverтАФor forgotten completely. I was floored
by that and turned off the rest of the interview to memorize
his words. Now I have the phrase framed on the wall of my
studio.
тАЬBy this one book be remembered, or forgotten, forever.тАЭ
That's it, folks, win, lose or draw, every book is all that I got.
I hold nothing back.
For those who want more, I'm half Sicilian and half
Scottish, which means I occasional put on a dress and kill
people with a pepperoni haggis. I used to be a stand-up
comic in Manhattan, a martial arts instructor, an armed high
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security courier, owned a used bookstore, did voice-overs for
TV commercials, and was a video store clerk. Now I write
novels and am truly happy, living with my beautiful wife in a
small town north of Chicago where there is a park named
after Ray Bradbury, who was born and raised here, and I am
only blocks away from a barbecue pit with the best smoked
ribs in the known universe. Case closed, I am home.