jeb@mtgzfs3.mt.att.com writes:
> I just finished reading WHIP HAND by Dick Francis, wherein
> Our Hero drives a British car.
Well, why wouldn't he? He _is_ British.
> The main character, Sid Hally, drives a SCIMITAR.
Actually, in the first Sid Halley book "Odds Against" he drove
a Mercedes SL. Then the show was made into a series for Granada
TV starring Mike Gwilym, and they gave him a Scimitar. Dick
Francis then went on to write "Whip Hand" as a sequel to the
_series_ not the book.
Dick Francis's characters usually drive cool cars, Lotuses,
Lamorghinis, Ladas...er, no, not Ladas. But they ride even
better horses.
djp@alpha.sunquest.com
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