A review by papidoc
The Fool's Run by John Sandford

3.0

John Camp's first novel was The Fool's Run, before he started writing under the pseudonym of John Sandford. The protagonist, Kidd, is artist, computer geek, tarot card reader (as a contingency planning device) and part-time criminal...a likeable anti-hero. In this first book, he works with a couple of sidekicks who will make appearances in later novels, LuEllen (a cat burglar) and another computer geek named Bobby. This is a fun romp through cutting edge computer technology and language...from 1989. That would be when Kaypro computers and Hayes modems were the thing to have...anyone remember them? I found myself chuckling, and then thinking through how things had changed in the 25 years that followed. It was an entertaining read, and presaged the writing style and popularity of Sandford as an author.