The Mordida Man

A former one-term Congressman named Chubb Dunjee takes center stage in The Mordida Man. Dunjee is one of those larger-than-life characters who found their way into the novels of Ross Thomas. Once a captain in the Special Forces as well as a Congressman and UN official, he later became a cab driver.......more

Over the course of this year I've been working my way through all of Ross Thomas' old thrillers from the '60s, '70s and '80s and this one has the best plot yet. The set-up is simple: An international terrorist backed by the Libyan regime is kidnapped, and so the Libyans -- believing the CIA is behin......more

The Mordida Man, by Ross Thomas was published in 1981, IMO it’s one his best. I’ve now read 15, and look forward to reading the remaining 5 or so. While normally I lean into his stories of domestic political intrigue and chicanery, he is equally talented in his creation of rollicking tales of intern......more