"Mike Resnick - Compleat Chance Perdue (2)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Resnick Mike)

Chance must ferret out mystery among the minor-leaguers -- which in this case
include a catcher with a wooden leg, a first baseman named Attila, and a
left-handed shortstop who gets a triple hernia while pivoting to turn a double
play. After that there's _The Abu Wahab Caper_, a saga of gambling and
corruption, in which Chance crosses paths with Quick Cash Kelly, Opportunity
O'Flynn, Bet-a-Bunch Dugan, and a cud-chewing racehorse with two huge humps on
its back. And finally there's _The Radish River Caper_, which reunites Chance
with Brandy Alexander and the infamous Dr. Ho Ho Ho, as he courts mystery and
danger on the football field with such memorable characters as Suicide




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Lewisite and Zanzibar McStrangle. If you've never read Chance Perdue before, I
envy you, because you've got a few evenings of uproarious laughter awaiting
you. If you _have_ encountered him before, you'll be pleased to know that he
hasn't changed one iota: he's still funnier than any of his competitors by
quite a few levels of magnitude. And, as editor, I will make a solemn pledge
to you: if enough of you buy this book, I will harass Ross Spencer day and
night until he completes that Clay Pierce novel and Alexander Books brings it
to a helplessly laughing public.




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