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Post by dem bones on Mar 26, 2012 9:18:06 GMT
Peter Brennan - Razorback (Fontana, 1982) Blurb It was a parched, lonely, cruel land. It was the land of the cruellest predator of all, the Razorback
It was there that the American woman, beautiful, well-known, controversial for her conservationist views, disappeared without a trace.
It was there that the smart New York lawyer, her husband, must go, to find the men who kill, to uncover the greater conspiracy of greed and violence, to face the truth about himself. Only then would he know who killed his wife. And how. And why.
If he survived the land of the Razorback This one may have to wait its turn because (a) Halkin's Slime takes precedence, (b) it is cruelly long (380+ pages) and, crucially, (c) reviews seen suggest it bears little or no relation to the movie, the porcine predator not really grabbing its share of the limelight until the close. In layman's terms, we may have another The Fire-Ants on our hands. Weirdly, the novel is copyrighted not to Peter Brennan but something called Foleshill Investment Limited.
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Post by pulphack on Mar 26, 2012 9:57:48 GMT
Not weird at all - that was the company that was formed to make the film, and they owned the rights to the book with the named author being a hired hand. Fairly standard practise with companies formed for the purpose of one production.
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Post by H_P_Saucecraft on Mar 26, 2012 13:10:21 GMT
Is that a John Holmes cover?
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Post by jamesdoig on Mar 26, 2012 20:33:18 GMT
This one may have to wait its turn because (b) I read my way through this a few years ago, and it was pretty tedious.
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Post by noose on Mar 26, 2012 21:30:07 GMT
yup, it's a John Holmes
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Post by erebus on Apr 14, 2012 17:31:42 GMT
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Post by noose on Apr 14, 2012 21:07:44 GMT
No. He was one of the great paperback artists, and a great friend, and while I do appreciate that the name holds some connotations, I think he should get a bit of respect on your next mention of him, thanks.
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doctor3
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Post by doctor3 on Mar 3, 2013 18:15:37 GMT
The film starred Kevin Bacon.
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