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" C; just okay. Listened during a road trip with Eddie "
- Cathy, 2/14/2014
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" bon bon, McBain pokes a little fun at himself here, talking about fictional police book series. "
- Sandi, 1/22/2014
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" The author was running out of steam on this series. The books all start great, but climax a little too soon and then just fall apart at the end. "
- Sheldon, 1/18/2014
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" Not one of McBain's better efforts "
- columbialion, 1/6/2014
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" Ed McBain was the father of the police procedural Mystery and in Fat Ollie's Book he has his most offensive slob of a character write the worst police procedural novel imaginable. it is about as close to meta-fiction as you will find in a crime novel. Also a city councilman gets shot. "
- Keith, 1/4/2014
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" I like Ed McBain. This is good. Not one of my favorites. "
- Gay, 12/12/2013
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" As much as I like the 87th Precinct series and Steve Carella, I don't like a book that centered around Fat Ollie. He's a bigot and not a very good detective. It's difficult to have any sympathy for a guy like that. "
- Grey853, 11/23/2013
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" Well..I had to stop listening after the 1st disc. they could have gotten through that in 10 words versus 1 disc. "
- Sbugsy, 11/16/2013
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" Fat Ollie Weeks is one of those characters that makes you cringe even though he is only in a book. He has little redeeming value at all but life wouldn't be as interesting without him...right? "
- Kim, 10/11/2013
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" Inept cop writes a novel, leaves manuscript on the back seat of the car and it's stolen. Carella helps solve the real crime and lets Fat Ollie take credit. Lots of fun farce in this book "
- Ellen, 8/11/2013
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" A little variation from the usual Ed McBain police procedural - a novel within a novel. I skipped Fat Ollie's novel, but enjoyed, as usual, the good characterizations in the 87th Precinct series. "
- Meredith, 7/20/2013
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" 1st book read by this author.. not that good ...he jumped around a lot..kinda hard to follow.. Borrowed from Janice - she says good author...... "
- Cindy, 4/18/2013
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" Fat Ollie fancies himself a writer along the lines of Joseph Wambaugh. When hiss "book" is stolen, he turns the city upside down looking for it. "
- Randy, 3/3/2013
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" Not McBain's best work. Story within a story - lame. "
- Hapzydeco, 12/27/2012
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" This book is part of Ed McBain's popular 87th Precinct series. This particular book focuses on one of his characaters Ollie Weeks a disreputable, bigoted, dirty-mouthed cop. "
- Milly, 3/21/2012
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" So clever and funny, the situations and thoughts of characters... "
- Pete, 2/13/2012
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" Way too politically incorrect for me to consider it funny. "
- Barbara, 8/14/2011
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" Put this in "tried to read". It was mentioned in a book on detective fiction some borrowed a copy. Not for me. I've never finished an 87th precinct book. Something about the characters, language. "
- Alan, 7/19/2011
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" Not my favorite, but my husband liked it. Features Fat Ollie, a detective from an adjoining precinct of the 87th. Ollie is about as politically incorrect as a person can get and still preform his duties and not get sued. This book develops his character. "
- Ginny, 7/8/2011
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" The author was running out of steam on this series. The books all start great, but climax a little too soon and then just fall apart at the end.
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- Sheldon, 3/11/2011
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" Well..I had to stop listening after the 1st disc. they could have gotten through that in 10 words versus 1 disc.
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- Sbugsy, 7/14/2010
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" Not one of McBain's better efforts
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- columbialion, 7/13/2010
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" Inept cop writes a novel, leaves manuscript on the back seat of the car and it's stolen. Carella helps solve the real crime and lets Fat Ollie take credit. Lots of fun farce in this book
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- Ellen, 6/23/2010
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" Not McBain's best work. Story within a story - lame.
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- Hapzydeco, 4/27/2010
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" 1st book read by this author.. not that good ...he jumped around a lot..kinda hard to follow.. Borrowed from Janice - she says good author......
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- Cindy, 3/17/2010
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" A little variation from the usual Ed McBain police procedural - a novel within a novel. I skipped Fat Ollie's novel, but enjoyed, as usual, the good characterizations in the 87th Precinct series.
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- Meredith, 3/6/2010
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" Fat Ollie Weeks is one of those characters that makes you cringe even though he is only in a book. He has little redeeming value at all but life wouldn't be as interesting without him...right?
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- Kim, 8/9/2009
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" Fat Ollie fancies himself a writer along the lines of Joseph Wambaugh. When hiss "book" is stolen, he turns the city upside down looking for it.
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- Randy, 7/23/2009
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" C; just okay. Listened during a road trip with Eddie
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- Cathy, 2/17/2009
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" I like Ed McBain. This is good. Not one of my favorites.
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- Gay, 9/5/2008
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" Not my favorite, but my husband liked it. Features Fat Ollie, a detective from an adjoining precinct of the 87th. Ollie is about as politically incorrect as a person can get and still preform his duties and not get sued. This book develops his character.
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- Ginny, 7/7/2008
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" So clever and funny, the situations and thoughts of characters...
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- Pete, 5/31/2008
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