Dick Francis | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 1 page of analysis & critique of Dick Francis.

Dick Francis | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 1 page of analysis & critique of Dick Francis.
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SOURCE: A review of The Dick Francis Treasury of Great Horseracing Stories, in The Los Angeles Times Book Review, December 16, 1990, p. 7.

In the following excerpt, Champlin provides a brief overview of The Dick Francis Treasury of Great Horseracing Stones.

The short form demands, and in these selections receives, high dosages of wit and irony as well as surprise. The conjoined spirits of O. Henry and Alfred Hitchcock, so to speak, watch over much of the work, which is to be taken in small doses. One at bedtime, say.

The principal link to crime as such in another anthology is that its co-editor was Dick Francis. He and John Welcome have chosen and introduced The Dick Francis Treasury of Great Horseracing Stories. The authorships range from Conan Doyle (his "Silver Blaze," historic if only because it was therein that the dog, curiously, did not bark in the night) to...

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