Odds Against
Number 2 in Series
by Dick Francis
read by Valeriy Tolkov
Part 2 of the Sid Halley (Russian) series
Dik Frensis (1920—2010)-odin iz samyh imenityh angliyskih avtorov, pisavshih v zhanre detektiva. Za svoyu zhizn' on sozdal bolee 30 bestsellerov, poluchivshih mezhdunarodnoe priznanie. Ego romany posvyashcheny preimushchestvenno miru skachek-Frensis znal ego ne ponaslyshke, ved' on rodilsya v sem'e zhokeya i sam byl znamenitym zhokeem. Etot mir polon azarta, zdes' kipyat neshutochnye strasti vokrug velikolepnyh loshadey i krupnyh stavok v totalizatorah, zdes' est' chem pozhivit'sya moshennikam. Vse eto i posluzhilo materialom dlya uvlekatel'nyh romanov, stavshih bestsellerami vo mnogih stranah mira. Roman «Igra bez kozyrey» vhodit v cikl proizvedeniy posvyashchennyh Sidu Holli-zhokeyu, kotoryy, poteryav ruku i vozmozhnost' prodolzhit' kar'eru, smog stat' ves'ma uspeshnym chastnym detektivom.
