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OUT ON THE RIM. By [Ross Thomas]. (Mysterious Press, $17.95.) Here's one solution to that panicky, last-ditch scramble at the airport for the perfect book to read on the plane. Ross Thomas's nimble international thriller will get you to Washington, Malibu, Manila, Hong Kong and even - with...

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Published in:The New York times 1988
Main Author: Stasio, Marilyn
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Bartha, Miliana
Ferguson, Neil
FINKLE, DAVID
FREITAG, MICHAEL
GOODMAN, RICHARD
HALLBERG, WILLIAM
HAWTHORNE, MARY
KALFUS, KEN
KENNEDY, CONSTANCE DECKER
LEOPOLD, TOM
Martel, John
NOEL, CHRISTOPHER
O'ROURKE, WILLIAM
Orwin, Michele
SALZBERG, CHARLES
STASIO, MARILYN
STOUT, DAVID
Thomas, Ross
Trott, Susan
WARTIK, NANCY
Wood, Clement Biddle
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Summary:OUT ON THE RIM. By [Ross Thomas]. (Mysterious Press, $17.95.) Here's one solution to that panicky, last-ditch scramble at the airport for the perfect book to read on the plane. Ross Thomas's nimble international thriller will get you to Washington, Malibu, Manila, Hong Kong and even - with a few backup books like his earlier ''Briarpatch'' and ''Cold War Swap'' - to the Philippines. These are also the locales visited by the putative hero of ''Out on the Rim,'' Booth Stallings, an expert on terrorism who is given the unenviable assignment of waving a $5-million bribe at a Communist guerrilla leader to dissuade him from bringing down the Aquino Government.
ISSN:0362-4331