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Raised at the racetrack, a boy comes to live on a Texas farm Billy doesn't know how to read a book, but give him a racing form and he can tell you everything about a pony that you'd ever want to know. He and his father live on the road, traveling from Aqueduct to Hialeah and back again, until an overzealous Welfare lady demands they settle somewhere more wholesome than the track. Not knowing anyplace wholesome, Billy's father takes him to Texas instead, to live on his brother Sagamore's show more farm. There Billy meets bootleggers, gangsters, and the beautiful Miss Choo-Choo Caroline, a Chicago stripper who is wearing nothing but a tiny, diamond-encrusted G-string when she disappears. Uncle Sagamore, an enterprising brute, sees this as a chance for profit. For a boy with gambling in his veins, there could be quite a lot to learn. show lessTags
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One of my favorite books ever.
Délicieux, le fait de le raconter par un gamin naif est un gros plus
Apr 20, 2013French
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- Canonical title
- The Diamond Bikini
- Original publication date
- 1956
- People/Characters
- Billy Noonan; Sam Noonan; Sagamore Noonan; Miss Choo-Choo Caroline; Dr Severance; Finley Noonan (show all 7); Bessie Noonan
- Related movies
- Fantasia chez les ploucs (1971 | IMDb)
- First words
- Oh, that was a fine summer, all right.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)That's the nice thing about a farm. You never know what'll happen next.
- Original language
- English
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- 2
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- (3.86)
- Languages
- Catalan, English, French
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 17
- ASINs
- 7
