CHINAMAN'S CHANCE by Ross Thomas (1978)

Read by . . : Frank Muller
Publisher . : Recorded Books Inc. (1985)
ISBN . . .  : ISBN-10: 1556901003; ISBN-13: 9781556901003 
              (1987: ISBN-10: 9998820197; ISBN-13: 978-9998820197)
Format . . .: MP3 from audio cassettes (10.5 hours). 67 tracks, 203 MB.
Bitrate . . : ~50kbps (iTunes 8, VBR, mono, 24 kHz )
Unabridged

I could not find this recording in digital format, so I converted my copy of this recording to MP3. From audio cassette (Nakamichi Dragon) to CD (Pioneer PDR-555RW) 
to MP3 (iTunes 8, 96kbps VBR, Mono (effectively 50kbps).

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NOTE: I made a mistake naming one file.
ChinamansChance_05-07.mp3 is out of order.  Rename it to 
ChinamansChance_05-03b.mp3 and the order will be correct.

So the orrect order should be
ChinamansChance_05-03.mp3
ChinamansChance_05-07.mp3* ( =ChinamansChance_05-03b.mp3)
ChinamansChance_05-04.mp3
ChinamansChance_05-05.mp3
ChinamansChance_05-06.mp3
ChinamansChance_05-08.mp3 ...
(thanks alert Demonoid readers)
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Frank Muller is (was), in my opinion, the best book on tape reader, ever. Library Journal called him "the first true superstar of spoken audio."

Cheers, FerraBit
January 2009

Links: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Thomas_(author) 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Muller 
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  "Sometimes you can just tell about a guy. These two--these two just might do." 
Artie Wu is a fat 37-year-old Chinaman--and also the pretender to the Emperor's throne. Durant is, well, different. The scene is Southern California. There's the beach at Malibu with its latest resident--a dead pelican. Then there are the sleazier sides of Venice and the city of Pelican Bay. And of course, there are the small matters of a missing woman and a dead Congressman. Throw in a multimillionaire, a Mafia boss and his old college roommate (late of the CIA), and you've got yourself a gripping yarn. 

  "Thomas's prose matches the fast pace of his action: it clicks with the urgent rat-a-tat of a news teleprinter: He is the master of the quickly stroked profile, the irony of juxtaposed fact. He does tell a good story in crackling fashion, with an observant eye for detail." --The Washington Post 


"An excellent book!" --FerraBit!