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Synopsis
In 1935 Betsy Throckmorton's father lures her from a New Yorkjob with Time magazine back to Claybelle, Texas, withthe promise that she can be the editor of his ClaybelleStandard-Times . Betsy brings along her husband, Ted Winton,an easterner and Yale graduate to whom she is constantlyexplaining Texas. Ted will run Ben Throckmorton's radio station,KVAT, where Booty and Them Others sing in rivalry with thebetter known WBAP Light Crust Doughboys.In Texas, it's the middle of the Depression and the Drought.And Prohibition is barely over, liquor still a controversy.Every city has its hobo camp, and Claybelle has the Star ofHope Mission. But it is also the time of new oil money, highliving, infidelity, and tangled love triangles. Betsy and Tedchain-smoke and drink often and long, they wouldn't miss aPaschal High School or TCU football game, they party at theCasino on Jacksboro Highway, and dine at Claybelle's ShadylawnCountry Club.Betsy is a serious journalist though, and she sets out tochange the paper, clashing with the managing editor when sheclaims international not state news belongs on page one. Sheclashes with the columnists when she tries to sharpen theirleads.The Texas Murder Machine becomes her big story, when shesuspects that Texas Rangers may be killing innocent young mento collect rewards offered by the Texas Bankers Association.Betsy's journalistic determination leads to a personal tragedythat changes her life forever—and makes her a determined,relentless newswoman.Fast Copy is a page-turner that combines romantic comedywith the best of the thriller genre. But it's much more. Dan Jenkinscaptures Texas in the mid-1930s with a clarity that brings it alive,and his affection for Texas, Fort Worth, and TCU are revealed onevery page. Only a native like Jenkins would include the minutedetails of a TCU-SMU game, the new zephyr stainless steel railroadtrain, the T&P railroad station, the Fort Worth Cats, and LeGraveField. His portrait of Claybelle and its leading society folks istongue-in-cheek funny and right on the mark. Texans should treasurethis book for years to come.About the Much of this detail comes naturally to Dan Jenkins, who is a FortWorth native and a product of Paschal High and TCU. In his earlycareer, he wrote for the now defunct papers, The Fort WorthPress and The Dallas Times-Herald , then moved on toSports Illustrated and Golf Digest . He is the authorof 16 books, including Baja Oklahoma, Semi-Tough, Life ItsOwnself , and You Gotta Play Hurt.Fast Copy , firstpublished in 1988, was his sixth novel, tenth book. His newestnovel is Rude Behavior .After living in New York City and Florida, Jenkins and his wife,June, have moved back to Fort Worth to be "closer to barbecue,Tex-Mex, and the TCU stadium." Sally Jenkins, daughter of Dan and June, is the coauthor, withLance Armstrong, of the best-selling It's Not About the Bike . Jeff Guinn is the book review editor of the Fort WorthStar-Telegram
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About the Author
Much of this detail comes naturally to Dan Jenkins, who is a Fort Worth native and a product of Paschal High and TCU. In his early career, he wrote for the now defunct papers, The Fort Worth Press and The Dallas Times-Herald, then moved on to Sports Illustrated and Golf Digest. He is the author of 16 books, including Baja Oklahoma, Semi-Tough, Life Its Ownself, and You Gotta Play Hurt. Fast Copy, first published in 1988, was his sixth novel, tenth book. His newest novel is Rude Behavior.
After living in New York City and Florida, Jenkins and his wife, June, have moved back to Fort Worth to be closer to barbecue, Tex-Mex, and the TCU stadium.”
Sally Jenkins, daughter of Dan and June, is the coauthor, with Lance Armstrong, of the best-selling It's Not About the Bike.
Jeff Guinn is the book review editor of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
From Publishers Weekly
The central character in this energetic tale set in the Depression era is a brainy, resourceful beauty who "has it all," including, at the start of the story, a brand-new husband and her father's small-town Texas newspaper to run. But Betsy Throckmorton also has courage, which proves a dangerous commodity as she uses her paper to expose a "Texas Murder Machine," a scheme masterminded by a Texas Ranger that lures unsuspecting hobos into masquerading as bank robbers so they will be shot for the bounty money, and that is also responsible for the murder of Betsy's husband. The writing is fast and punchy, and the story, which is full of spicy characters, has much to say about the day-to-day routine of a small newspaper, the Texas passion for football and the Depression's rough times. Jenkins probably has another bestseller to join Semi-Tough and Life Its Ownself. Major ad/promo; author tour.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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