Get a Load of This (short story collection)
Get a load of this is a 1942 book written by James Hadley Chase.Unlike most of his other books, it is not a single story throughout, but a collection of 14 different short stories. File:Get a load of this.jpg
List of stories
- 1.Get a load of this
- 2.Two thumb a ride
- 3.Morning visit
- 4.Twist in the tale
- 5.Conversation piece
- 6.The general dies in bed
- 7.The magnificent opportunity
- 8.Walk in the park
- 9.The place of love
- 10.Vigil
- 11.Night out
- 12.Skin deep
- 13.Overheard
- 14.The painted Angel
1.Get a load of this
A society columnist witnesses the murder of an entertainment biz manager by one of the latter's models at a show in a restaurant, and follows up the events that result.
2.Two thumb a ride
On his way to Miami, Denny Merlin comes across two stranger women,who hitch a ride on his Lincoln
3.Morning visit
A cuban farmer is attacked by the army while searching for A.B.C. terrorists, on the pretext of guns being hidden at his house.
4.Twist in the tale
George Hemingway,Ace car racer and millionaire, is visited by his friend Arden,who realizes that even though George is at the top and going to marry a rich and glamorous lady, he is not happy.He soon realizes that things are not the way they appear.
5.Conversation piece
Harry Garner keeps an affair with a young lady, despite being married and having a daughter as old as that lady.Suddenly he is not willing to carry on with it anymore.
6.The general dies in bed
Cuba is under Autocratic rule, and the rebels have paid a young boy to kill the War department General.After doing that, the boy is on the run.
7.The magnificent opportunity
General Holtz is selected to bring a useless gun back from the war torn mountains, for the sake of Mexican General Cortez,as the latter feels it is the only sign of victory in war against General Pablo.
8.Walk in the park
A poor girl is teased and molested by two vagabonds.
9.The place of love
On her way to Havana,the place of love, a young lady is met with Handsome Lacey on the ship, who simply uses her and abandons her in the city which is torn with civil war.She soon meets George Quentin, foreign correspondent of the New york post,Bill Morecombe and few others who try to help her and escape the war torn land.