Fwd: some on this list, even me, liked this writer....

[rich]

ah, gems like the Odessa Files, yes. along with a slew of Robert Ludlum
adventures (and Stephen King), paved the way

rich

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From: Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: some on this list, even me, liked this writer....
To: Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
Cc: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>, Mark M. <pov at ix.netcom.com>, Dan
Guenther <GuentherD1 at aol.com>


also "No Comebacks," a book of short stories with the title story a
novella, which I much enjoyed as a kid

(The Day of the Jackal was a teen favorite of mine, the whole Charles
Calthrop side story red herring seemed to me the very pinnacle of clever
plotting)

On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Frederick Forsyth, Master of the Geopolitical Thriller, Dies at 86
>
> He wrote best-sellers like “The Day of the Jackal” and “The Dogs of War,”
> often using material from his earlier life as a reporter and spy.
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