{"id":733,"date":"2003-01-15T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2003-01-15T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=733"},"modified":"2008-12-25T16:45:34","modified_gmt":"2008-12-25T20:45:34","slug":"733","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=733","title":{"rendered":"John Ridley&#8217;s Drift"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stallonezone.com\/011503drift.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stallonezone.com\/011503drift.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">JOHN                        RIDLEY<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> is best known for his &#8220;noir&#8221; novels.                        He wrote <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Stray Dogs<\/strong> which was turned into the cult                        classic movie <strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">&#8220;U-Turn&#8221;<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> which starred <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">SEAN                        PENN, JENNIFER LOPEZ<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> [before she hit it big], and <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">BILLY                        BOB THORTON<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">. His other books have for the most part                        been in the same vein&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: arial; text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Drift <\/strong>is unlike anything that <strong>RIDLEY<\/strong> has written before. Well, that&#8217;s not exactly true. You see,                        <strong>RIDLEY<\/strong>&#8216;s other book s have all been very good and                        <strong>The Drift <\/strong>is no exception. In fact <strong>The Drift <\/strong>may                        be <strong>RIDLEY<\/strong>&#8216;s best book yet.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: arial; text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0375411828\/craizabls\/103-8201172-9370206\" target=\"_blank\">The                        Drift<\/a><\/strong> is the story of a man[<strong>Charles Hanson<\/strong>]                        who seems to have it all&#8230; a good job, a loving wife and                        a child on the way. <strong>Charles<\/strong> sees it differently.                        He sees his life becoming more and more repetitive. He feels                        confined&#8230; until he decides to leave it all behind for                        a life on the rails. That&#8217;s right, he decides to become                        a modern day hobo. He meets many strange characters [most                        who wish to do him harm] and has many adventures in his                        effort to save a young girl from the life he has chosen                        for himself. The problem is, he has to find her before she                        is murdered. To say more would be to say too much.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHN RIDLEY is best known for his &#8220;noir&#8221; novels. 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