Francis Dick

Francis, Dick: Zügellos. Roman. Aus dem Englischen von Malte Krutzsch. Originaltitel: Wild Horses. - (=Diogenes-Taschenbuch, detebe 22986). Erste Auflage dieser Ausgabe. Zürich : Diogenes Verlag, 1997. ISBN: 3257229860
Lesetipp des Bouquinisten! Guter Zustand. - For his 33rd-and quite splendid-novel, Francis (Decider) adds to his usual horse-racing setting a backdrop involving feature filmmaking. As usual, though, it's murder most foul and mayhem most brilliant for this English master. In the Suffolk city of Newmarket, Thomas Lyon is for the first time directing a film featuring an American megastar. Based on a bestselling book, the movie concerns a still unexplained, 26-year-old death by hanging of a young horse trainer's wife. The wife's sister, niece and nephew are vehemently opposed to the film, while the book's author, who's also the screenwriter, is opposed to any changes in his plot. The megastar's double is attacked, a murder occurs, Thomas gets death threats and finds himself in great peril. How Francis has him solve the assorted mysteries and achieve a satisfactory ending for his film is nothing short of dazzling. Francis puts his novel together in the same way a movie is constructed, with out-of-sequence scenes, dissolves and brilliant images. He offers wonderful set pieces and moves his large and colorful cast with the aplomb of a seasoned director. Even better, in Thomas Lyon he has created a representative of a vanishing, even endangered, fictional species: the thoroughly decent chap we care about. A tip-top thriller, this could make the best movie about movies since The Stunt Man. - "Die Bücher von Dick Francis haben die Grenzen des Krimis längst überschritten", schrieb Jürgen Busche in der Süddeutschen Zeitung. Erzählt wird die Geschichte des jungen Hollywood-Regisseurs Thomas Lyon, der gerade an einem Film über einen 26 Jahre zurückliegenden mysteriösen Todesfall arbeitet. Er stellt Nachforschungen an, die gewissen Leuten nicht ins Konzept passen. Sie setzen alles daran, das Filmprojekt scheitern zu lassen. "Das Geheimnis von Francis' Erfolg hat mit seiner Meisterschaft zu tun, mit der er Atmosphäre zu beschwören vermag. Er erzeugt schreibend einen Sog, in den sogar jene Leser geraten, die sich grundsätzlich nicht für Jockeys, Pferdewetten und Stallgeruch interessieren. Der Rennplatz ist ein Mikrokosmos, ist Francis' Welttheater." (Tages-Anzeiger) "Einfach brillant! Dick Francis konstruiert seinen Roman wie einen Film und führt mit der Bravour eines Altmeisters über seine verschiedenartigen und schillernden Figuren Regie. Ein außerordentlicher, erstklassiger Thriller." (Publishers Weekly). "Ein erotisches und ein moralisches Buch zugleich." (Nürnberger Zeitung. - - Dick Francis (geboren als Richard Stanley Francis) (* 31. Oktober 1920 in Lawrenny, Wales) ist ein britischer Krimi-Autor und war ein erfolgreicher Jockey. In seiner Karriere als Jockey gewann Francis über 350 Rennen. Von 1953 bis 1957 startete er für den Stall der "Queen Mum". Nach einem schweren Sturz 1957 musste er das Rennreiten aufgeben. Seinen berühmtesten Augenblick als Jockey erlebte er, als er im Grand National von 1956 das Pferd der Queen Mum, Devon Loch, ritt und in der Führungsposition kurz vor dem Ziel unerklärlicherweise stürzte. Sein erstes Buch war seine Autobiographie, The Sport of Queens (1957), die ihn zum Rennkorrespondenten für den London Sunday Express empfahl, eine Stellung, die er sechzehn Jahre lang innehatte. 1962 veröffentlichte er seinen ersten Krimi, Dead Cert (deutsch: Todsicher), der in der Welt der Pferderennen spielt. Seit damals hat er mehr als dreißig Bücher geschrieben. Obwohl alle seine Romane vor dem Hintergrund des Rennsports spielen, arbeiten seine Helden in höchst unterschiedlichen Berufen, vom Künstler in To the Hilt (deutsch: Verrechnet) über einen Weinhändler in Proof (deutsch: Weinprobe) bis zum Privatdetektiv in Odds Against (deutsch: Nervensache). Eine nicht-autorisierte Biographie, Dick Francis: A Racing Life, nährte den Vorwurf, Francis Bücher seien in Wahrheit von seiner Frau Mary geschrieben. Wahrscheinlicher ist, dass, wie es Dick Francis selbst angibt, seine Frau wesentliche Beiträge geleistet hat. Nach dem Tod seiner Frau im Jahre 2000 hat Francis zunächst für mehrere Jahre kein neues Buch mehr veröffentlicht. Im Herbst 2006 ist jedoch ein neuer Band (Under Orders) erschienen, ein weiterer Band ist angekündigt. Das Werk von Dick Francis erscheint auf Deutsch im Diogenes Verlag. Für seine Bücher bekam er drei Edgar Awards und einen Gold Dagger. Seine literarische Bedeutung wurde sowohl in England (Diamond Dagger 1989) als auch in den USA (Grand Master Award 1996) von den jeweiligen Vereinigungen der Krimi-Autoren gewürdigt. Im Jahr 2000 erhielt er den Agatha Award für sein Lebenswerk. Stilistische Elemente: Die Romane spielen vor dem Hintergrund des Pferdesports (insbesondere Flach- und Hindernisrennen). Dabei spielen insbesondere aktive und ehemalige Jockeys die Rolle des Ich-Erzählers, jedoch auch Buchprüfer, Banker, Diplomaten, Meteorologen, Physiklehrer, Spediteure und viele andere mehr. Ihre persönliche Lage ist zumeist von inneren Konflikten und/oder menschlicher Einsamkeit geprägt. Die Verwicklung in kriminelle Geschehnisse ergibt sich zumeist zufällig. Francis versteht es dabei, aufgrund sorgfältiger Recherche bemerkenswerte Detailkenntnis aus dem hauptberuflichen Tätigkeitsfeld des Ich-Erzählers flüssig in den Plot einzuflechten. Seine Spezialität sind unerwartete Wendungen in der Handlung, die den Leser nicht selten mit der gleichen Wucht treffen wie die Schläge, welche die Hauptperson aus heiterem Himmel treffen. Francis widersteht weitgehend der Versuchung der Schaffung von wiederkehrenden Detektivfiguren. Demzufolge sind auch die Kriminalitätsfelder, mit denen die Hauptperson es zu tun hat, sehr vielfältig. Während beispielsweise die bekanntesten Geschichten mit Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot und Miss Marple sich vor allem um die Aufklärung mehr oder weniger verzwickter Mordmethoden drehen, kommen bei Francis auch Kunstfälschung, Rosstäuscherei, Immobilienspekulation, Erpressung, Schmuggel atomwaffenfähigen Materials, Versicherungsbetrug, Wettbetrug und andere Delikte als vollwertiges Romanthema vor. Lediglich zwei Hauptfiguren kommen in mehreren Romanen vor: Der Ex-Jockey und Privatdetektiv Sid Halley (Odds Against, Whip Hand, Come To Grief und Under Orders) und der Jockey Kit Fielding (Break In und Bolt). Allerdings verschaffen gerade die Wiederauftritte von Sid Halley ihm eine besondere menschliche Tiefe und ausgereifte Charakterzeichnung. Insofern kann Halley als Francis' wichtigste Romanfigur bezeichnet werden., ISBN-13: 9783257229868

357 Seiten. 18 cm. Einbandzeichnung von Tomi Ungerer. Taschenbuch. Kartoniert.; Erste Auflage dieser Ausgabe.

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Francis, Dick. Straight. Putnam, 1989.
Inscribed by Author "Bill and Debbie, Hi. Dick Francis". Dust Jacket now in Mylar Protective Cover. Beautiful scarce collectors grade copy of this book.Ex-jockey, Derek Franklin, inherits his brother's jewellery business, mistress and some shadowy business associates. When expensive diamonds go missing, his only hope of survival is to identify his brother's enemies. From the author of "The Edge" and "Odds Against".From the authors obit: Richard Stanley Francis, jockey and writer, born 31 October 1920; died 14 February 2010. Dick Francis, who has died aged 89, was a unique figure, a champion steeplechase jockey who, without any previous apparent literary bent, became an international bestselling writer, the author of 42 crime novels, selling more than 60m copies in 35 languages. Right from the start, with Dead Cert in 1962, the Dick Francis thriller showed a mastery of lean, witty genre prose reminiscent - sometimes to the point of comic parody - of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. It was an American style that many clever people in England had attempted to reproduce without much success, and it was a wonder how a barely educated former jump jockey was able to do the trick with such effortless ease. People said his highly educated wife wrote the books for him. It was a mystery that was never satisfactorily solved. However, After his wifes death in 2000, when no new crime novels appeared, it looked as if Mary might have written them. But then, six years later, Francis came out of retirement to produce Under Orders, which had all the old Francis flavour. The next year, 2007, he published Dead Heat, then Silks (2008) and Even Money (2009).The most dramatic incident in his racing career was also a mystery. In the Grand National at Aintree in 1956, his mount Devon Loch, the Queen Mother's horse trained by Peter Cazalet, had jumped all the fences and, well ahead, only 50 yards from the finish, without another horse near him, suddenly collapsed and was unable to continue. The plots (of Francis' books, too, ran to a formula. Some reviewers protested that racing could not be as crooked as depicted in the Francis novels, but real life (as in the case of the Shergar kidnapping) came in to prove how realistic his stories were. Born at Coedcanlas Farm in the Pembrokeshire village of Lawrenny, Francis came from a line of farming gentry and horsemen. His father was a show rider and manager of hunting stables, his grandfather a farmer and gentleman jockey. Uncles on both sides of his family were Masters of Foxhounds. The family home was a beautiful old farmhouse but it had neither gas nor electricity and was lit by candlelight. As well as the thrillers, he wrote his autobiography, The Sport of Queens (1957), and Lester (1986), a biography of Lester Piggott.. From the authors obit: Richard Stanley Francis, jockey and writer, born 31 October 1920; died 14 February 2010. Dick Francis, who has died aged 89, was a unique figure, a champion steeplechase jockey who, without any previous apparent literary bent, became an international bestselling writer, the author of 42 crime novels, selling more than 60m copies in 35 languages. Right from the start, with Dead Cert in 1962, the Dick Francis thriller showed a mastery of lean, witty genre prose reminiscent - sometimes to the point of comic parody - of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. It was an American style that many clever people in England had attempted to reproduce without much success, and it was a wonder how a barely educated former jump jockey was able to do the trick with such effortless ease. People said his highly educated wife wrote the books for him. It was a mystery that was never satisfactorily solved. However, After his wifes death in 2000, when no new crime novels appeared, it looked as if Mary might have written them. But then, six years later, Francis came out of retirement to produce Under Orders, which had all the old Francis flavour. The next year, 2007, he published Dead Heat, then Silks (2008) and Even Money (2009).The most dramatic incident in his racing career was also a mystery. In the Grand National at Aintree in 1956, his mount Devon Loch, the Queen Mother's horse trained by Peter Cazalet, had jumped all the fences and, well ahead, only 50 yards from the finish, without another horse near him, suddenly collapsed and was unable to continue. The plots (of Francis' books, too, ran to a formula. Some reviewers protested that racing could not be as crooked as depicted in the Francis novels, but real life (as in the case of the Shergar kidnapping) came in to prove how realistic his stories were. Born at Coedcanlas Farm in the Pembrokeshire village of Lawrenny, Francis came from a line of farming gentry and horsemen. His father was a show rider and manager of hunting stables, his grandfather a farmer and gentleman jockey. Uncles on both sides of his family were Masters of Foxhounds. The family home was a beautiful old farmhouse but it had neither gas nor electricity and was lit by candlelight. As well as the thrillers, he wrote his autobiography, The Sport of Queens (1957), and Lester (1986), a biography of Lester Piggott.; 1.6 x 9.3 x 6.3 Inches; 323 pages; Ex-jockey, Derek Franklin, inherits his brother's jewellery business, mistress and some shadowy business associates. When expensive diamonds go missing, his only hope of survival is to identify his brother's enemies. From the author of "The Edge" and "Odds Against".; Signed by Author. 0399134700.

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Francis, Dick. 10-lb. Penalty. Putnam, 1997.
Signed by Author Dust Jacket now in Mylar Protective Cover. Entering the political arena as the trusted confidant of his politician father, ex-jockey Benedict Juliard finds himself the target of a vicious attack by his father's dangerous enemies, an assault that could not only destroy his own reputation but that of his father, a prospective prime minister. Scarce. By the author of Whip Hand. From the authors obit: Richard Stanley Francis, jockey and writer, born 31 October 1920; died 14 February 2010. Dick Francis, who has died aged 89, was a unique figure, a champion steeplechase jockey who, without any previous apparent literary bent, became an international bestselling writer, the author of 42 crime novels, selling more than 60m copies in 35 languages. Right from the start, with Dead Cert in 1962, the Dick Francis thriller showed a mastery of lean, witty genre prose reminiscent - sometimes to the point of comic parody - of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. It was an American style that many clever people in England had attempted to reproduce without much success, and it was a wonder how a barely educated former jump jockey was able to do the trick with such effortless ease. People said his highly educated wife wrote the books for him. It was a mystery that was never satisfactorily solved. However, After his wifes death in 2000, when no new crime novels appeared, it looked as if Mary might have written them. But then, six years later, Francis came out of retirement to produce Under Orders, which had all the old Francis flavour. The next year, 2007, he published Dead Heat, then Silks (2008) and Even Money (2009).The most dramatic incident in his racing career was also a mystery. In the Grand National at Aintree in 1956, his mount Devon Loch, the Queen Mother's horse trained by Peter Cazalet, had jumped all the fences and, well ahead, only 50 yards from the finish, without another horse near him, suddenly collapsed and was unable to continue. The plots (of Francis' books, too, ran to a formula. Some reviewers protested that racing could not be as crooked as depicted in the Francis novels, but real life (as in the case of the Shergar kidnapping) came in to prove how realistic his stories were. Born at Coedcanlas Farm in the Pembrokeshire village of Lawrenny, Francis came from a line of farming gentry and horsemen. His father was a show rider and manager of hunting stables, his grandfather a farmer and gentleman jockey. Uncles on both sides of his family were Masters of Foxhounds. The family home was a beautiful old farmhouse but it had neither gas nor electricity and was lit by candlelight. As well as the thrillers, he wrote his autobiography, The Sport of Queens (1957), and Lester (1986), a biography of Lester Piggott.. From the authors obit: Richard Stanley Francis, jockey and writer, born 31 October 1920; died 14 February 2010. Dick Francis, who has died aged 89, was a unique figure, a champion steeplechase jockey who, without any previous apparent literary bent, became an international bestselling writer, the author of 42 crime novels, selling more than 60m copies in 35 languages. Right from the start, with Dead Cert in 1962, the Dick Francis thriller showed a mastery of lean, witty genre prose reminiscent - sometimes to the point of comic parody - of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. It was an American style that many clever people in England had attempted to reproduce without much success, and it was a wonder how a barely educated former jump jockey was able to do the trick with such effortless ease. People said his highly educated wife wrote the books for him. It was a mystery that was never satisfactorily solved. However, After his wifes death in 2000, when no new crime novels appeared, it looked as if Mary might have written them. But then, six years later, Francis came out of retirement to produce Under Orders, which had all the old Francis flavour. The next year, 2007, he published Dead Heat, then Silks (2008) and Even Money (2009).The most dramatic incident in his racing career was also a mystery. In the Grand National at Aintree in 1956, his mount Devon Loch, the Queen Mother's horse trained by Peter Cazalet, had jumped all the fences and, well ahead, only 50 yards from the finish, without another horse near him, suddenly collapsed and was unable to continue. The plots (of Francis' books, too, ran to a formula. Some reviewers protested that racing could not be as crooked as depicted in the Francis novels, but real life (as in the case of the Shergar kidnapping) came in to prove how realistic his stories were. Born at Coedcanlas Farm in the Pembrokeshire village of Lawrenny, Francis came from a line of farming gentry and horsemen. His father was a show rider and manager of hunting stables, his grandfather a farmer and gentleman jockey. Uncles on both sides of his family were Masters of Foxhounds. The family home was a beautiful old farmhouse but it had neither gas nor electricity and was lit by candlelight. As well as the thrillers, he wrote his autobiography, The Sport of Queens (1957), and Lester (1986), a biography of Lester Piggott.; 1.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 Inches; 273 pages; Signed by Author. 0399143025.

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Francis, Dick. To the Hilt. Putnam Adult, 1996.
Signed by Author on Title Page. Dust Jacket now in Mylar Protective Cover.Small tear in dust at bottom of front corner otherwise fine condition. Beautiful scarce collectors grade copy of this book.A Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America tells the story of Alexander Kinloch, a reclusive young Scottish painter, who is called to London to attend to his stepfather, who, in turn, is unwittingly about to take his stepson to the grave with him. 300,000 first printing.175,000 ad/promo. Tour.By the author of Whip Hand. From the authors obit: Richard Stanley Francis, jockey and writer, born 31 October 1920; died 14 February 2010. Dick Francis, who has died aged 89, was a unique figure, a champion steeplechase jockey who, without any previous apparent literary bent, became an international bestselling writer, the author of 42 crime novels, selling more than 60m copies in 35 languages. Right from the start, with Dead Cert in 1962, the Dick Francis thriller showed a mastery of lean, witty genre prose reminiscent - sometimes to the point of comic parody - of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. It was an American style that many clever people in England had attempted to reproduce without much success, and it was a wonder how a barely educated former jump jockey was able to do the trick with such effortless ease. People said his highly educated wife wrote the books for him. It was a mystery that was never satisfactorily solved. However, After his wifes death in 2000, when no new crime novels appeared, it looked as if Mary might have written them. But then, six years later, Francis came out of retirement to produce Under Orders, which had all the old Francis flavour. The next year, 2007, he published Dead Heat, then Silks (2008) and Even Money (2009).The most dramatic incident in his racing career was also a mystery. In the Grand National at Aintree in 1956, his mount Devon Loch, the Queen Mother's horse trained by Peter Cazalet, had jumped all the fences and, well ahead, only 50 yards from the finish, without another horse near him, suddenly collapsed and was unable to continue. The plots (of Francis' books, too, ran to a formula. Some reviewers protested that racing could not be as crooked as depicted in the Francis novels, but real life (as in the case of the Shergar kidnapping) came in to prove how realistic his stories were. Born at Coedcanlas Farm in the Pembrokeshire village of Lawrenny, Francis came from a line of farming gentry and horsemen. His father was a show rider and manager of hunting stables, his grandfather a farmer and gentleman jockey. Uncles on both sides of his family were Masters of Foxhounds. The family home was a beautiful old farmhouse but it had neither gas nor electricity and was lit by candlelight. As well as the thrillers, he wrote his autobiography, The Sport of Queens (1957), and Lester (1986), a biography of Lester Piggott.. From the authors obit: Richard Stanley Francis, jockey and writer, born 31 October 1920; died 14 February 2010. Dick Francis, who has died aged 89, was a unique figure, a champion steeplechase jockey who, without any previous apparent literary bent, became an international bestselling writer, the author of 42 crime novels, selling more than 60m copies in 35 languages. Right from the start, with Dead Cert in 1962, the Dick Francis thriller showed a mastery of lean, witty genre prose reminiscent - sometimes to the point of comic parody - of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. It was an American style that many clever people in England had attempted to reproduce without much success, and it was a wonder how a barely educated former jump jockey was able to do the trick with such effortless ease. People said his highly educated wife wrote the books for him. It was a mystery that was never satisfactorily solved. However, After his wifes death in 2000, when no new crime novels appeared, it looked as if Mary might have written them. But then, six years later, Francis came out of retirement to produce Under Orders, which had all the old Francis flavour. The next year, 2007, he published Dead Heat, then Silks (2008) and Even Money (2009).The most dramatic incident in his racing career was also a mystery. In the Grand National at Aintree in 1956, his mount Devon Loch, the Queen Mother's horse trained by Peter Cazalet, had jumped all the fences and, well ahead, only 50 yards from the finish, without another horse near him, suddenly collapsed and was unable to continue. The plots (of Francis' books, too, ran to a formula. Some reviewers protested that racing could not be as crooked as depicted in the Francis novels, but real life (as in the case of the Shergar kidnapping) came in to prove how realistic his stories were. Born at Coedcanlas Farm in the Pembrokeshire village of Lawrenny, Francis came from a line of farming gentry and horsemen. His father was a show rider and manager of hunting stables, his grandfather a farmer and gentleman jockey. Uncles on both sides of his family were Masters of Foxhounds. The family home was a beautiful old farmhouse but it had neither gas nor electricity and was lit by candlelight. As well as the thrillers, he wrote his autobiography, The Sport of Queens (1957), and Lester (1986), a biography of Lester Piggott.; 1.3 x 9 x 6.1 Inches; 322 pages; Signed by Author. 0399141855.

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