Ross Thomas: The Fools in Town Are on Our Side (USA 2003) From the Publisher: Ross Thomas: The Fools in Town Are on Our Side. Introduction by Tony Hiss. St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 0312315821 (May, 2003), 384 p., $14.95.
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Ross Thomas: The Fools in Town Are on Our Side (USA 1994) From the Publisher: Unemployed, armed only with a passport, a severance check, and his wits, Dye is approached by a man named Victor Orcutt. Orcutt's vocation is the cleaning up of corrupt cities through the application of Orcutt's First Law: "To get better, it must get much worse." Orcutt proposes a $50,000 fee. Dye's assignment: to corrupt an entire American city. Ross Thomas: The Fools in Town Are on Our Side. Mysterious Press, ISBN: 0445408677 (July, 1994), 383 p., $4.99.
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Ross Thomas: The Fools in Town Are on Our Side (USA 1987) From the Publisher: Unemployed, armed only with a passport, a severance check, and his wits, Dye is approached by a man named Victor Orcutt. Orcutt's vocation is the cleaning up of corrupt cities through the application of Orcutt's First Law: "To get better, it must get much worse." Orcutt proposes a $50,000 fee. Dye's assignment: to corrupt an entire American city. Ross Thomas: The Fools in Town Are on Our Side. Mysterious Press / Warner Books, ISBN: 0445405600 (November, 1987), 383 p., $3.95.
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Ross Thomas: The Fools in Town Are on Our Side (USA 1971) From the Publisher: Unemployed, but with a passport, a certified severance check, and his wits, Dye is approached by a man named Victor Orcutt. Orcutt is in the business of cleaning up corrupt cities through the application of "Orcutt's First Law." which is "To get better, it must get much worse." Victor Orcutt's pro-posal is that he will pay Dye $50,000 to corrupt an entire American city. Dye accepts the proposal, and so begins Ross Thomas's most exciting, violent, and suspenseful novel yet, a masterwork from a master of escape and adventure (Pasadena Star-News). Ross Thomas: The Fools in Town Are on Our Side. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1971, 383 p., $6.95.
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