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John Frazier

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in Pasadena, The United States

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Like most of us, I can't draw a straight line. Which was why I wrote a novel about people who can. At least it appears that they can. (Von Hot Rod himself told me that he couldn't draw a straight line either; that's why he stripes on curves.)

It began when I saw a few pinstripers on some hot rod show. Who are these people and where do they come from? Why do they paint razor-thin lines on all things vehicular and many things not? How fine is the line that separates the great from the best?

Weave that into the coming-of-age tale of a young man with many more questions than answers and you have "Pinstripes: The Unknown Story of the World's Best Pinstriper."

You can learn more at http://www.pinstripesthenovel.com. Please, enjoy. ...more

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	Pinstripes: The Unknown Story of the World's Best Pinstriper 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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As a long-time fan of Eddie Muller's TCM show "Noir Alley," I was pleasantly surprised to learn that he is also a novelist; my wife bought me a signed copy of of his first effort "The Distance" for our recent anniversary. (We have both read and enjoy ...more
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I will never view another episode of "Hogan's Heroes" in the same light. For all shenanigans that surrounded the mid-60s TV comedy starring Hogan, Newkirk, LeBeau, Carter, Kinch, Klink, Schultz and the rest of the troops at POW camp Stalaag 13, the gi ...more
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“I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I'm under the table,
after four I'm under my host.”
― Dorothy Parker, The Collected Dorothy Parker

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