Yellow-Dog Contract

Entirely satisfactory.......more

I fear I've delved too deeply into Ross Thomas's body of work. I've skimmed the cream, and now I've reached a book like this one. It has many of the hallmarks of his better work, but the dialogue just isn't as crisp as his best, the action is forced, and even though I thought I was reading carefull......more

It’s been so long since labor unions have appeared high on our radar screens here in the US that you may be unaware what the phrase “yellow-dog contract” means. I for one had forgotten. Well, it turns out that such a contract, or a clause in a contract, requires that a new employee never join a unio......more

Having discovered Ross Thomas just 3 years ago, Yellow-Dog Contract is my 10th read. So according to the kindle store, I’m just 1/2way through his oeuvre, including his, pen name Oliver Bleeck’s series. Not reading Thomas’ works consecutively, rather in a random manner. Throughout which, there is a......more

Morbidly funny and terribly cynical writer Ross Thomas tackles the 1970s conspiracy thriller in his own way with "Yellow-Dog Contract." The hero-narrator, Harry Longmire, used to be a hotshot campaign consultant but he's now retired to a Virginia farm to grow Christmas trees, milk goats, write greet......more