His new Lucas Davenport Prey novel, Golden Prey is out. So far, so good.
____________________________________________________ ‘‘Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.’’
— Thomas Jefferson's "Commonplace Book," 1774-1776, quoting from On Crimes and Punishment, by criminologist Cesare Beccaria, 1764
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I am fully up to date on all of his books, as they come out. Right now I am #1 on the waiting list for Golden Prey at my local Library of Congress. I have enjoyed every one.
His Singular Menace trilogy was an interesting change of pace from Davenport and Flowers. Co-authored with Michele Cook, his recent wife.
Posts: 10887 | Location: South Congress AZ | Registered: May 27, 2006
Isn't it about time that Davenport gets on the big screen? And NOT with Mark Harmon! And Matthew McConaughey would be a good choice for that fuckin Flowers!
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Posts: 16572 | Location: Marquette MI | Registered: July 08, 2014
Love all of Sandford's work. Golden Prey is the new title and he's done a great job with it.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable...” ― H.L. Mencken
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I just finished it and it was a good read. There was a lot of action and many well-developed characters. The plot was excellent: Everything seemed to flow logically and smoothly from the opening incident. The gun details were pretty realistic.
Unfortunately, Lucas turned out to be a lib and a close friend to an obvious fictional clone of Hillary Clinton in the end. That soured the novel for me. It would have been much better if Sanford had decided not to inject national politics into his Lucas Davenport series. Although I enjoyed this one, I'll have to read a bunch of five-star reviews before I acquire another of his novels. (Actually, I know that I'm finished with Sanford. There's too much other shit to read and too little time left to read it.)
Why do authors feel the need to inject their political views into their fiction? Charles Dickens was very bad about this, but his issues were so far in the past and so alien to us that they aren't irritating.
I read fiction to escape from everyday life. If I wanted to read the Washington Post then I would read the Washington fucking Post.
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw
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