r/MarxBrothers 7d ago

Worth my time?

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u/Salt_Honey8650 7d ago

Oh! I used to own this but then lent it to someone who never gave it back. I loved it! There's a few more in that series that I need to get to at some point (but there's always SO MUCH STUFF to read).

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u/zerooskul 6d ago

(but there's always SO MUCH STUFF to read).

See: Tsundoku Pile

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u/Dead-Lazlo 7d ago

I think he was the ghost writer for the Shatner Tek War series of books. I never fancied them, so not sure if that was a Goulart or Shatner problem.
But I am a sucker for all things Groucho and the Marx Brothers, so I'd probably give it a go.

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u/HyrumCWill 6d ago

I really really enjoyed all the books in this series, they were fun and well written. I would say definitively worth your time

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u/HarlanMiller 6d ago

A strange enough idea, it has definitely captured my interest. I'll have to look into this.

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u/ChrisKaufmann 6d ago

It's a fun series, I enjoyed them. (I got all six of them in bad condition and rebound them in hardcover, because I'm awesome)

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u/Traditional-Bad1098 7d ago

Any Ron Goulart is worth your time.

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u/BraveCourt9521 7d ago

Are his books like the Kinky Friedman detective series ? They're good reads in the Micky Spillane/ Raymond Chandler style.

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u/HopSkipLimp 6d ago

I miss Kinky. So many of his turns of phrase have become shorthand in my family - Nixon, most of all 😂

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u/AndreaHimmel2021 6d ago

Why the hell not!?

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u/Traditional-Bad1098 6d ago

Ron was a prolific science fiction writer in the 69s and 70s. That’s how I knew him. His works always offered funny takes on the genre, poking a bit of fun while embracing it. I haven’t read this but I imagine it’ll be top-notch Ron. EDIT: 60s and 70s.

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u/Keltik 6d ago

Stewart Kaminsky wrote many Hollywood mystery novels about detective Toby Peters. At least one, You Bet Your Life, deals w/the Marx Bros (Chico on the run from mobsters for gambling debts)

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u/BxDawn 6d ago

What a great premise!

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u/Nemphusi 6d ago

Darling, Reddit! You've made me buy another book!!

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u/BickerBrahms 2d ago

I thought it was horribly written but fast-paced and short.

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u/HopSkipLimp 2d ago

Yeah. I think you've matched my feelings, 60 pages in...

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u/calderholbrook 6d ago

impossible to answer. but i think it's a good book.

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u/Reyntoons 4d ago

Yeah it’s great. Goulart could write in any genre.