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Dick Francis (1920–2010)

Autor/a de To the Hilt

242+ obres 59,281 Membres 967 Ressenyes 168 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Dick Francis was born in Wales on October 31, 1920. Because his father was a professional steeplechase jockey and a stable manager, Francis grew up around horses, and after a stint as a pilot in the Royal Air Force during World War II, he became a steeplechase jockey himself, turning professional mostra'n més in 1948. He was named champion jockey of the 1953-54 racing season by the British National Hunt after winning more than 350 races and was retained as jockey to the queen mother for four seasons. When he retired from racing in 1957 at the age of 36, Francis went to work as a racing correspondent for the Sunday Express, a London paper, where he worked for 16 years. In the early sixties, he decided to combine his love of mysteries with his knowledge of the racing world, and published Dead Cert in 1962. Set mostly in the racing world, he has written more than 40 novels including Forfeit, Blood Sport, Slay-Ride, Odds Against, Flying Finish, Smoke Screen, High Stakes, and Long Shot. He wrote his last four books Dead Heat, Silks, Even Money, and Crossfire with his son Felix Francis. He has received numerous awards including the Silver Dagger award from Britain's Crime Writers Association for For Kicks, the Gold Dagger award for Whip Hand, the Diamond Dagger award in 1990, and three Edgar awards. He died on February 14, 2010 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys

Inclou aquests noms: D. Frensis, Dik Frensis, Dick Francis

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Sèrie

Obres de Dick Francis

To the Hilt (1996) 1,841 exemplars
Decider (1993) 1,709 exemplars
Under Orders (2006) 1,682 exemplars
Come to Grief (1995) 1,677 exemplars
10-lb. Penalty (1997) 1,676 exemplars
Wild Horses (1994) 1,655 exemplars
Hot Money (1987) 1,627 exemplars
Shattered (2000) 1,627 exemplars
The Edge (1988) 1,621 exemplars
Straight (1989) 1,543 exemplars
Proof (1985) 1,526 exemplars
Longshot (1990) 1,513 exemplars
Second Wind (1999) 1,495 exemplars
Bolt (1986) 1,467 exemplars
Driving Force (1992) — Autor — 1,450 exemplars
Break In (1985) 1,447 exemplars
Comeback (1991) 1,407 exemplars
Banker (1982) 1,402 exemplars
Reflex (1980) 1,391 exemplars
The Danger (1983) 1,336 exemplars
Field of Thirteen (1998) 1,333 exemplars
Whip Hand (1979) 1,323 exemplars
Dead Cert (1962) 1,293 exemplars
Dead Heat (2007) 1,273 exemplars
For Kicks (1965) 1,223 exemplars
Twice Shy (1982) 1,194 exemplars
In the Frame (1976) 1,169 exemplars
Nerve (1964) 1,162 exemplars
High Stakes (1975) 1,142 exemplars
Odds Against (1965) 1,131 exemplars
Bonecrack (1971) 1,111 exemplars
Smokescreen (1972) 1,108 exemplars
Rat Race (1970) 1,098 exemplars
Enquiry (1969) 1,098 exemplars
Flying Finish (1966) 1,078 exemplars
Blood Sport (1967) 1,075 exemplars
Risk (1977) 1,072 exemplars
Slay Ride (1973) 1,067 exemplars
Silks (2008) 1,046 exemplars
Forfeit (1968) 1,031 exemplars
Knock Down (1974) 1,017 exemplars
Trial Run (1978) 994 exemplars
Even Money (2009) 807 exemplars
Crossfire (2010) 760 exemplars
Racing Classics (1995) 72 exemplars
The Dick Francis Treasury of Great Racing Stories (1990) — Editor & Contributor — 59 exemplars
Spring Fever (1993) 38 exemplars
The Dick Francis Complete Treasury of Great Racing Stories (1989) — Editor & Contributor — 34 exemplars
The New Treasury of Great Racing Stories (1992) — Editor & Contributor — 17 exemplars
Nerve [and] Smokescreen (2004) 17 exemplars
Enquiry [and] Reflex (1982) 16 exemplars
Flying Finish [and] For Kicks (1986) 15 exemplars
Flying Finish [and] Hot Money (2003) 14 exemplars
Whip Hand [and] Odds Against (2006) 14 exemplars
Knock Down [and] Bonecrack (2004) 14 exemplars
Three Favourites (1978) 13 exemplars
Forfeit [and] Blood Sport (1988) 13 exemplars
Longshot / Risk (1977) 13 exemplars
Straight / Banker (1990) 12 exemplars
10 lb. Penalty [Abridged Audio] (1997) — Autor — 11 exemplars
Decider [Abridged Audio Book] (1993) 10 exemplars
Come to Grief [and] For Kicks (2006) 10 exemplars
Hot Money [and] In the Frame (1994) 9 exemplars
Straight / Trial Run (2007) 9 exemplars
In the Frame [and] Dead Cert (1962) 8 exemplars
Das große Krimi- Lesebuch. (1992) 8 exemplars
Rat Race [and] To the Hilt (2003) 8 exemplars
Decider [and] High Stakes (2006) 8 exemplars
The Edge [and] Comeback (2002) 8 exemplars
Slay Ride [and] Knock Down (1993) 6 exemplars
High Stakes [and] Smokescreen (2000) 5 exemplars
Bonecrack/Enquiry/Smokescreen (1986) 3 exemplars
Flying Finish/Rat Race (1995) 3 exemplars
Forever 2 exemplars
The First Year 2 exemplars
Dead Ringer 2 exemplars
The Edge (abridged) 2 exemplars
High Stakes Money (1977) 2 exemplars
The Hated 2 exemplars
Dick Francis - The Racing Game (2002) 2 exemplars
Nachtmerries (1989) 2 exemplars
Nervy ; : Dražby 1 exemplars
Střepy (2010) 1 exemplars
Finiš 1 exemplars
Visszatérés 1 exemplars
O regresso (108) 1 exemplars
The Racing Man's Bedside Book (1969) — Editor — 1 exemplars
Argosy 1966--October (1966) 1 exemplars
The Big Story 1 exemplars
Bonecrack [and] In the Frame (2017) 1 exemplars
Break In/Knockdown 1 exemplars
Dick Francis 5 Book Set (2006) 1 exemplars
High Voltage 1 exemplars
libros condensados 1 exemplars
The Venus Trap 1 exemplars
Ambitii (2000) 1 exemplars
Bolt [abridged] 1 exemplars
Med livet som innsats (1998) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense (1988) — Col·laborador — 189 exemplars
The Oxford Book of Villains (1992) — Col·laborador — 136 exemplars
Verdict of 13 (1978) — Col·laborador — 71 exemplars
Ross Macdonald Selects Great Stories of Suspense (1974) — Col·laborador — 69 exemplars
1st Culprit: A Crime Writers' Association Annual (1992) — Col·laborador — 58 exemplars
Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1986 v02 (1986) — Autor, algunes edicions37 exemplars
Mysterious Pleasures (2003) — Col·laborador — 34 exemplars
Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1988 v02 (1988) — Autor — 33 exemplars
The Verdict of Us All (2006) — Pròleg — 21 exemplars
Murder at the Races (1995) — Col·laborador — 20 exemplars
Reader's Digest Select Editions 2007 v02 #290 (2007) — Col·laborador — 19 exemplars
A Feast of Stories (1996) — Col·laborador — 14 exemplars
The Gourmet Crook Book (1976) — Col·laborador — 13 exemplars
Galaxy Science Fiction 1953 May, Vol. 6, No. 2 (1953) — Il·lustrador — 10 exemplars
Galaxy Science Fiction 1957 June, Vol. 14, No. 2 (1957) — Il·lustrador — 9 exemplars
RDSELP v187 Crossfire | Calling Invisible Women (2014) — Autor — 9 exemplars
Escape Stories (1980) — Col·laborador — 9 exemplars
Galaxy Science Fiction 1957 April, Vol. 13, No. 6 (1957) — Il·lustrador — 7 exemplars
Slay-Ride | Curiosity Didn't Kill the Cat | The Lester Affair (1974) — Col·laborador; Col·laborador — 6 exemplars
John Creasey's Crime Collection, 1977 (1977) — Col·laborador — 6 exemplars
Válogatott könyvek (2000) 4 exemplars
Best Detective Stories 1980 (1980) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Proof | Birds of a Feather | A Trail of Ashes (1985) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
John Creasey's Crime Collection, 1980 (1980) — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Murder Most British [abridged audio] — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Banker | Murder in High Places | The Terrible Tide (1983) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars

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Third Race at the LT Racetrack: Book 1, Banker a 75 Books Challenge for 2021 (febrer 2021)
Chat a Book Discussion : Proof by Dick Francis (desembre 2017)
Second Wind, Dick Francis a World Reading Circle (febrer 2013)

Ressenyes

 
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BooksInMirror | Hi ha 20 ressenyes més | Feb 19, 2024 |
Another excellent Penguin 60. I have never read any work of Dick Francis and this little book is an excellent taster. The first chapter of 'Dead Cert', a murder mystery set at Maidenhead racecourse, made me want to read the whole story - to buy the paperback or see if the book was in the local library. The other tale in this book is a short story and I am glad I set aside the time to read it in one go. The Gift is set at the Kentucky Derby and the tale of a journalist no longer at his best - what an excellent story it is, beautifully written, a clever twist, and I was able to have in my mind my favourite film genre - a film noir, complete with the classic American narrator. Brilliant a story and entertaining.… (més)
 
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lestermay | Feb 10, 2024 |
I love most Dick Francis books, but not this one. While most of his books center around horse racing, this one just has it mentioned as an aside, and maybe this is where the book goes wrong. There never seemed to be a single plot, or maybe the plot got diverted on too many tangents. I don't know. A lot was going on in the book, and most of it hardly seemed connected. This book's main character was a meteorologist, and it was well researched, but maybe too well, because it bogged down in places, and a lot of loose threads. Not my favorite.… (més)
 
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cjyap1 | Hi ha 20 ressenyes més | Feb 1, 2024 |
REFLEX is one of my favorite books by Dick Francis. I love his heroes who are ordinary men dropped into extraordinary situations and who manage to triumph in part because of their strong moral characters.

Philip Nore is the hero of this story. He's an aging jockey and amateur photographer. He is coming to the end of his racing career which he fell into as a teen. Born to a drug-addicted seventeen-year-old mother who was thrown out of her home, Philip was raised by a succession of her friends making him helpful and resourceful and unable to form deep relationships.

Philip has two main problems in this story. First of all, he is given a set of photographic puzzles when a successful race photographer whose work Philip admired but whom he personally disliked died in a car accident. Philip rode with the man's son and got involved when that man's parents' house was burgled during the funeral anad again later when the photographer's wife is beaten in a home invasion and when her house is burned down.

Philip's curiosity is what starts his involvement. When he manages to solve some of the photgraphic puzzles, he learns that the photographer was blackmailing members of the racing world into good behavior. Philip is also attacked and badly beaten once it is learned that he has the photos.

Philip's second problem begins when a lawyer comes to see him to ask him to visit the grandmother who through his mother out because she is dying and wants his help. He is surprised to learn that his mother had another child, and that the grandmother wishes to leave her whole estate to the girl if he can manage to find her. Philip feels no obligation to help the hateful dying woman but he is curious to find the sister he never knew he had.

All in all, I really enjoyed this story. I liked watching Philip go from a drifting unconnected man to one who has plans for his future after racing and a woman who loves and understands him. I liked Francis's spare prose and appreciate Simon Prebble's deft narration of the story.
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kmartin802 | Hi ha 34 ressenyes més | Jan 20, 2024 |

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Estadístiques

Obres
242
També de
153
Membres
59,281
Popularitat
#244
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
967
ISBN
2,435
Llengües
23
Preferit
168

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