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Aka Anne Argula

Darryl Ponicsan (pronounced PAHN-i-son; born May 26, 1938) is an American writer. He is best known as the author of the 1971 novel The Last Detail, which was adapted into a 1973 movie starring Jack Nicholson; and for the 1973 novel and screenplay Cinderella Liberty, starring James Caan. Ponicsan writes mystery novels under the pen name Anne Argula. ...more

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	The Last Detail 3.92 avg rating — 567 ratings — published 1971 — 27 editions	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
	Last Flag Flying 3.90 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 2005 — 12 editions	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
	Cinderella Liberty 3.92 avg rating — 73 ratings — 12 editions	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
	Tom Mix Died For Your Sins: A Novel Based On His Life 3.44 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1975 — 7 editions	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
	Andoshen, Pa.: A Novel 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	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
	The Accomplice 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1975 — 9 editions	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
	The Stairway Press Collected Edition of The Last Detail and Cinderella Liberty 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	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
	Eternal Sojourners 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	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
	I Feel Bad About My Dick: Lamentations of Masculine Vanity and Lists of Startling Pertinence 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	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
	Goldengrove 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1971 — 5 editions	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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“The messenger says, as he approaches him, “Look, Baggs, it didn’t happen on my watch.” The Navy theme song. “Yes?” “Somebody down below in the offices…” “Yes?” “Well, what they did is lose all your records.” Baggs can only close his eyes and wonder what sin it was that now consigns him to limbo.”
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“By the time they were free to scrap her, she had a tradition and champions, hundreds of officers and men who had served aboard her and counted those months as the worst of their lives, yet with a perversity of human nature better left unexamined they did not want to see her dismantled. She was like so many Norfolk bargirls: too old and ugly to love, but too many laughs to junk.”
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