Ah, Treachery!
by Ross Thomas
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Ah, Treachery!, the last novel Thomas wrote before his death, tells the story of one Captain Edd "Twodees" Partain, drummed out of the Army and hounded by rumors of his involvement in a secret operation in El Salvador. Twodees gets hired on to help a fundraiser for the "Little Rock folks" recover funds that were stolen from an illicit stash used to smooth over problems and pay off hush money. Meanwhile, Partain is involved in a storefront operation called VOMIT (Victims of Military show more Intelligence Treachery) trying to defend former intelligence operatives such as Partain from those who are trying to cover up the past permanently. show lessTags
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(Annoyingly, not the edition I own, and I have neither the time nor the inclination to add it.)
The last book by Thomas before his death, and he's better than ever with betrayed soldiers and spies and Generals and political fund-raisers and murders and missing millions all wound up in a complex, intricate plot told with the usual energised cyncism.
Here's an absolutely terrific round-up of Thomas' writing career: http://dothemath.typepad.com/dtm/ah-treachery.html
The last book by Thomas before his death, and he's better than ever with betrayed soldiers and spies and Generals and political fund-raisers and murders and missing millions all wound up in a complex, intricate plot told with the usual energised cyncism.
Here's an absolutely terrific round-up of Thomas' writing career: http://dothemath.typepad.com/dtm/ah-treachery.html
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The title, a sly translation of Beethoven's aria, perfectly captures the disapproving, exhilarated tone of this effervescent concoction. ... As usual with Thomas, the byzantine intrigue is more high-spirited than strictly logical. But all the characters project such a deliciously matter-of-fact sense of knowing exactly what they're talking about, from campaign finance reform to assassination show more techniques, that just meeting, listening to, and watching them in action will leave you dizzy with pleasure. show less
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- Canonical title*
- Petoksen maku
- Original title
- Ah, Treachery!
- Original publication date
- 1994
- People/Characters
- Millicent Altford; Edd "Twodees" Partain
- Epigraph
- He loved treachery but hated a traitor. -- Plutarch on Romulus
- Dedication
- To Laura Sereno
- First words
- At 7:33 PM, on Christmas Eve in 1992, the tall man with hair the color of pewter entered Wanda Lou's Weaponry in Sheridan, Wyoming, and pretended not to recognize Edd Partain, the cashiered Army Major turned gun shop clerk.
- Quotations
- “Ah, treachery! One of history’s favorite shortcuts.”
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Knox thought about it, then added, "Brentwood okay?"
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- English, Finnish, French, German
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 16
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