Henry Grey is a reserved young man whose greatest problem is his mother's match-making plots and whose greatest joy is to ride as an amateur steeplechase jockey. But on a sudden impulse, he throws in his respectable desk job to join a firm which transports racehorses all over the world.
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The best writer in the mystery genre. -- Larry King, USA Today
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Henry Grey was considered hard to get along with. But he knew a change of job was all he needed. No more part-time office work/amateur jockey races for him. So he took a new job, air- transporting racehorses to change his luck and see the world. But he saw something quite unexpected in the cargo hold....
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Dick Francis was the author of more than forty acclaimed books. Among his numerous awards were three Edgar Awards, the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger, and the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. He died in February 2010.
Felix Francis has assisted with the research of many of the Dick Francis novels and is the coauthor of Dead Heat, Silks, and Even Money. He lives in England.
Felix Francis has assisted with the research of many of the Dick Francis novels and is the coauthor of Dead Heat, Silks, and Even Money. He lives in England.
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A good early Francis novel,
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This is a novel about another of Francis' lonely heros, caught between social classes and fairly mysterious to most of those who know him. This one ends up having a fairly riveting story, with genuinely unpleasant villains. as with most of Francis' heros, he is deceptively stubborn and survives hideous experiences to bring things to a safe conclusion. This one, however, leaves some loos ends hanging. We are lefft wondering what will happen to his Italian girlfriend (characteristically, for this hero, they are instantly in love but can't speak the same language, so there is a distance between them, as there is with the rest of the hero's family and acquaintances) and what choices he will make about the rest of his life.
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Never give in!,
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Excuse my poor English, I am the Ukrainian. I was overjoyed to read this book. The main lesson that man have to learn is how to resist to the deadline and what is the vigour exactly.
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I've read almost all of Dick Francis' books, and I enjoyed this one, but I do feel it was slower than most of them, and just didn't hold my interest as much as the others do.
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"YOU'RE A SPOILED, bad-tempered bastard," my sister said, and jolted me into a course I nearly died of. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Simon Searle, Tom Wells, Henry Grey, New York, Yardman Transport, Gold Cup, John Kyle, Kilo November, Air Ministry, Anglia Bloodstock, Lord Grey, Malpensa Airport New!
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"YOU'RE A SPOILED, bad-tempered bastard," my sister said, and jolted me into a course I nearly died of. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
luggage bay, guy chains, flattened box, weighing room, brown mare, dear boy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Simon Searle, Tom Wells, Henry Grey, New York, Yardman Transport, Gold Cup, John Kyle, Kilo November, Air Ministry, Anglia Bloodstock, Lord Grey, Malpensa Airport New!
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- Come to Grief by Dick Francis in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- To the Hilt by Dick Francis in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Wild Horses by Dick Francis in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Field of Thirteen by Dick Francis in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Driving Force by Dick Francis in Front Matter
- The Dick Francis Companion by Jean Swanson on 11 pages
- Teaching Writing in Middle School: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques by Beth Means on page 137, and Back Matter
- The Art of Detective Fiction by Warren Chernaik on page 92, and page 102
- Rat Race by Dick Francis in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Bestsellers: Popular Fiction Since 1900 by Clive Bloom on page 204
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