A Cup of Death

by Gene Thompson

Book Overview

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345358813
• ISBN13: 9780345358813
• Release Date: December 1988
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Thirst quenching!

Phew! What a ride... I have said it before, I love when a book gives me a little glimpse of something I know very little about. Helen of Troy - the Trojan War - Agamemnon - the Pleiades. I enjoyed the writing style. In the first chapter I was having doubts as he spent too much time describing what type of suits Dade wore, what type of wood was in everything he saw, brass trimmings, letterings, etc. But after describing everything in the first chapter, the author scaled back on the descriptiveness to a more tolerable level. Dade's wife, Ellen, provided a nice balance. Favorite Lines: p. 64 - The explanation of a "negative pregnant." Very clever idea. p. 110 - Sophie to Dade, "...The deer are close now. They eat up all the garden. But the coyotes, they eat the pets." p. 130 - The comparison of Sophie to Circe. p. 144 - Dade to Ellen, "No computer built can beat a grand chess master." This book was (C)1987. A computer beat a grand chess master in 1997 when IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer defeated Gary Kasparov after a 9-day long match. (...) p. 214 - Ellen's comeback to Dade's quip that the little lady likes to keep busy... "It's a surprise. The surprise part is the way I serve it to him." I also liked the joke about the pool table (p. 241 & 245) - and will be telling it to everyone who can't run away... Q: What has four legs, is green, and if it fell on you it would kill you? tick tock tick A: A pool table. I liked this book (in case you couldn't tell)! 5 out of 5.