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Bonnie and Clyde. Bang bang! go the guns, and the bank guard falls dead, his face oozing ketchup from every pore. Twang twang! goes the banjo, and Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker ride off in a stolen flivver for further merriment, murder and mayhem...
...Clyde Stout is a teen-ager who works in a small-town gas station, worships his Chevy and a hard-hearted local girl. One day he discovers a unique inner resource: he can hang by his hands for two, three, four minutes at a stretch. A local gambler begins to make book on him, but "Hanger" sees his talent only as a means for buying new and shiny presents for his two loves. In the end, he loses the girl, is cheated of his winnings, gets drafted, sells his car, and shrugs. In this gentle first novel, told with...
...were subjected to 20 stickups in 1966 and 33 so far this year. "I can't find people to work in my stores," he complains, "because they're scared someone's going to stick a gun in their bellies." Desperate, Robertson last month contracted with the Clyde Wilson detective agency to supply a posse of private guards toting twelve-gauge shotguns loaded with No. 1 buckshot. Two other dry cleaning-laundry chains bought into the arrangement, and six additional businesses with retail branches requested the same protection when enough men could be recruited. For his manpower, Wilson...
...Money Honey, Clyde McPhatter (and the Drifters...
...White Christmas, Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters...