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Jonathan Trott

jonathantrott@outside.ofa.dog

Joined 1 year, 3 months ago

Voracious reader of all genres of fiction, leaning towards sci-fi, crime, mystery, thriller, and comedy.

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Francis, Dick.: Twice shy

Young physicist Jonathan Derry is given some musical tapes by a friend. But the tapes …

A different structure

Dick has managed to craft two stories over two different time lines that are intertwined in multiple ways. The stories are distinctive and connected at the same time, quite a neat trick. A pity the computer stuff didn't age well, Dick was not very good at predicting how personal computers would go over an 18 year period - but then again not many were able to do that.

Dick Francis: Risk (Hardcover, 1978, Harpercollins)

Roland Britten was an amateur jockey, and an accountant by profession, who woke up one …

Very thrilling

The descriptions of the captivity experienced by our hero are captivating and excruciating. Very good plot twists and of course all wrapped up nicely in the end.