That's WHAT in the back of Gordon's van????

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	• Metzger's Dog: A Novel Thomas Perry Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003 - 336 pages average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Savage and funny

I have a taste for books that are both funny and intense, and for that reason this is perhaps my favorite of all Perry's books. Years ago, I read sections of it (the parts about Chinese Gordon, his friends, and their adventures) out loud to my then ten year old son. (I thought the other sections weren't suitable for a child, so I censored them.) He howled with laughter, and both of us were awed by the scenes in which a few men completely, bloodlessly, shut Los Angeles down. What a glorious idea. Another reviewer is quite right -- this book would make a great "caper" movie. Where's the Rat Pack when you need them?

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Perry's Stuff Never Gets Old

Glad this has been republished-- I read it in the early 80s when it was first published and I've been a confirmed Thomas Perry fan since. This loose-jointed thriller has everything: laughs, tension, and brilliantly quirky plotting. Perry makes it look easy, and he's only gotten better over the years.

Read this and then ask yourself: Why hasn't it been filmed? I think I may know: it's been ripped off so many times that producers think it won't fly. Too bad, since it did it first and best. Read it! Still a rollickingly great novel and the perfect book for a vacation.

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The Best of Thomas Perry

I have my original copy of this novel, and re-read it every few years. It is the best he has written. Funny (very), and what a plot. Do not miss this read. You will thank me.

Outstanding!

I can't remember when I first read this. In paper for sure. There is absolutely nothing to dislike about this book. I have read it several times and love it every reading. A terrifically fun read. To write more is stupid. "Butcher's Boy" is a very nice read also.

That's WHAT in the back of Gordon's van????

Having loved Perry's Jane Whitefield books, and been dazzled by their pace and that of a couple of subsequent works of Perry's, I was intrigued to pick up this well-reviewed early work. Metzger is, surprisingly, the name of our protagonist's cat! His human `Chinese' Gordon, is a rather petty criminal who stumbles onto a major opportunity. Blackmailing the CIA? Gonna try, anyway. Bring in Latino Mafia-like members as allies? OK, but how long will it last? Do all this while upsetting the workings of a city the size of Los Angeles? Pick a couple of vulnerable spots and attack them. Gordon and his cronies are easy to root for 'bad guys'. The CIA agents are a pleasantly varied lot. The action rolls past you like Gordon's van well over the speed limit. Wonderful fun, particularly if you live in and/or know the Los Angeles area as I do. Add my five stars to all of the others. Great pace, funny and sometimes violent scenes, a great moll for Gordon, a winner for Perry like so many of his others.

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The much-loved comic thriller by the author of the Edgar Award?winning The Butcher?s Boy is now, by popular demand, back in print, featuring a new Introduction by bestselling author Carl Hiaasen.

When Leroy ?Chinese? Gordon breaks into a professor?s lab at the University of Los Angeles, he?s after some pharmaceutical cocaine, worth plenty of money. Instead, he finds the papers the professor has compiled for the CIA, which include a blueprint for throwing a large city into chaos. But how is the CIA to be persuaded to pay a suitable ransom, unless of course someone actually uses the plan to throw a large city into chaos?Los Angeles, for instance? Assigned to cope with the crisis and restore the peace, veteran agent Ben Porterfield steps onto the scene to remind us that the CIA?s middle name is, after all, Intelligence. Enlivening the mix are Gordon?s beautiful girlfriend, Margaret, his temperamental cat, Dr. Henry Metzger, and Metzger?s friend, an enormous half-wild dog with huge teeth.

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