Dick francis straight
Dick Francis (pictured with his son Felix Francis) was born in South Wales in He was a young rider of distinction winning awards and trophies at horse.
Dick Francis CBE (born Richard Stanley Francis) was a popular British horse racing crime writer and retired jockey. Dick Francis worked on his books with his wife, Mary, before her death. Dick considered his wife to be his co-writer - as he is quoted in the book, "The Dick Francis.
Dick Francis always played it straight
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Description:It was In the Frame, and as soon as I finished it, I ran to the bookstore to find anything else by him. There were 11 at the time, starting with Dead Cert. I finished them off in one two-week orgy and I knew that, from then on, I would never miss a Dick Francis novel. From the first book, I loved Francis's elegant prose style. Whether it was his writing or his wife Mary's editing, there were no clunky paragraphs, wasted words or deadly adjectival fillers in his novels. The prose was always clean, clear and moved the story along.
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