wfzimmerman’s review: “Five small simians engage in progressively more hazardous activities leading to incapacitation and even hospitalization. Stunning twist at end as heretofore benign character revealed to be engaged in same activities as simians under her charge.”
Clarion Books (1989), Paperback, 32 pages
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The Speaker Law Firm | Atlanta Car, Motorcycle and Trucking Accident Attorney
t is true that at times the government must act to protect the public’s welfare and balance personal liberties with public safety. Two popular quotes are that, “With great power comes great responsibility” and Edmund Burke, “The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.” The ability to put a leash on someone’s personal liberty, when granted, must be used with great discretion.
Well said, Mr. Speaker. Now feast your eyes on these words:
(a) Upon receipt of sufficient evidence demonstrating that an attorneys conduct poses a substantial threat of harm to his clients or the public and with the approval of the Immediate Past President of the State Bar of Georgia and the Chairperson of the Review Panel, or at the direction of the Chairperson of the Investigative Panel, the Office of General Counsel shall petition the Georgia Supreme Court for the suspension of the attorney pending disciplinary proceedings predicated upon the conduct causing such petition.
Surely flying on a crowded aircraft with drug-resistant tuberculosis meets the standard of substantial threat of harm to the public.
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wfzimmerman’s review: “Tremendous early McBain. If you’re reading it the first time, you may be fooled as to the identity of the Cop Hater (I was).”
Signet (1974), Mass Market Paperback
wfzimmerman’s review: “I don’t think I’ll keep this, the Stone novels don’t do much for me. But where to start collecting the Spenser novels? There are so many of them …”
Jove (1998), Paperback, 324 pages
wfzimmerman’s review: “A Father’s Day gift from Kelsey. Reading it is temporarily pre-empted by the release of Harry Potter Book 7, but looks like great historical fiction in the vein of George R.R> Martin.”
Ballantine Books (2005), Paperback, 800 pages
wfzimmerman’s review: “This appeared near the end of MacLean’s useful life, when he was starting to dial it in. There are some good conceits and the characters are not without interest, but nowhere near his best.”
Doubleday & Co. (1973), Hardcover
wfzimmerman’s review: “One of the most obscure of McLeans’ early novels, but a personal favorite. It was hard to find in print in the 70s, with the result that for years my copy of this book was a library bound edition that I had somehow failed to return to the Tappan Junior High School library. Now I have a paperback; in fact, I have two.”
Fawcett (1976), Mass Market Paperback, 270 pages
wfzimmerman’s review: “Gripping cold war story set in post-56 Hungary. I gave a copy to Tom Parris & his Hungarian wife Vicky as a token wedding present.”
Fawcett (1985), Mass Market Paperback
wfzimmerman’s review: “One of the very best Maclean novels, because of the terrific action sequences and the ending. The British ICBM now seems quant, and the love story is cringeworthy, but there are a lot of unforgettable moments in this book.
"I can be completely ruthless…"
"I left him there, a small dusty man in a small dusty roojm …."”
A Fawcett Gold Medal Book/ Fawcett Publications Inc (1970), Mass Market Paperback
wfzimmerman’s review: “This appeared near the end of MacLean’s useful life, when he was starting to dial it in. There are some good conceits and the characters are not without interest, but nowhere near his best.”
Doubleday & Company, Inc (1975), Hardcover
wfzimmerman’s review: “I like the Postal Office setting of this book a bit more than the horrendously named Moist Lipwig. I wonder if it was really necessary to bring Moist (!) back for the sequel, MINTING MONEY.
A moving story of the redemptive power of second chances; I believe the message in the context of the book, although in real life a compulsive fabricator like Moist Lipwig would be utterly unlikely to change his ways.”
HarperCollins (2004), Hardcover, 384 pages
