5/24/2023 0 Comments The Cold War Swap by Ross Thomas![]() ![]() My favorite example of Thomas’s talent in that regard occurs in his third novel, Cast a Yellow Shadow (1967). There are so many reasons, all of which I’ll get into in the rest of this piece, but if I had to pick one, it would be his uncanny ability to use exactly the right phrase, the right word, for the right situation. But if the pressure’s really on, or if I’m stuck on a desert island with only the complete works of one writer to entertain me, then my choice would have to be Ross Thomas (1926-1995), the author of twenty novels under his own name (plus five using the nom de plume of Oliver Bleeck.) I haven’t read all of his books yet-I’m trying to ration myself-but so far, I’ve yet to be disappointed and usually end up surprised anew at just how good a writer he was. ![]() ![]() “If I narrowed it down to one, I’d have a lot of writer friends who’d get mad at me,” is another. If someone asks me who my all-time favorite crime writer is, usually I demur and sheepishly try to evade the question. This article originally appeared in issue 4 of Crimespree. ![]()
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