Thursday, December 26, 2013

Trial Run by Dick Francis

Finished on Dec14.

Disappointing. I suppose I have read this one before since it was there on my shelf, but I didn't remember anything about it.

I'm not sure why this one doesn't work for me; it seems to have the elements that drive the others, but somehow it simply falls flat. Perhaps it is the setting; the Soviet Union of the period is not a particularly charming environment. The plot is also political and rather strained - strained to the point of silliness.

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