The
Long Suit (2003) is Davison's third novel to feature Fielding, an "understrapper" for MI5, a "contractor without a contract" in the character's own words.
The third fielding
Horn also knows that we cannot escape conundrums embedded in what we know of Mark Twain's other intellectual interests and habits: that his reading was wide, unsteadily intense, and chaotic, that ideas (intellectually-respectable and otherwise) flowed over him from every quarter, and that philosophically-rigorous habits of inquiry were never his
long suit.
Mark Twain and William James: Crafting a Free Self
While self-awareness has never been Helga's
long suit, her efforts to understand her emotions and to make the right choices about her life become disastrous after the destabilizing shock of Anderson's rejection.
Self-delusion and self-sacrifice in Nella Larsen's 'Quicksand.'
Team spirit will be Scotland's
long suit in the games with Holland, Switzerland and England.
Candid Cameron; BUNNY OLD GAME!
Regardless of cost, collecting on bad checks isn't necessarily the supermarket industry's
long suit. "When you're looking at a typical collection situation, you're running about 45% to 48% [of check face value] without fees being added in, and between 58% and 60% if you add the fees back on top," says Burnside.
Putting a stop to bad checks
Grandeur had never been Toronto's
long suit. Grand designers were foiled again.
Toronto Places: a Context for Urban Design
That looks to be her
long suit and she can be forgiven a poor effort when sixth at Kempton last time out over this trip as the ground would have been quicker than ideal and the tight track would also have been against her.
Conington to thrive in testing conditions
While his human namesake's forte was very much a turn of speed, the Sue Smith-trained seven-year-old's
long suit is stamina.
Supercharged Coe to win Gold; NEWSBOY ON HAYDOCK
But then we knew attacking and guile were not England's
long suit.
Football World cup 2002: Much to remember but so much more to look forward to; Frank Malley finds reasons to be optimistic about England's future
Geography might not be a footballer's
long suit but surely the fact that the World Cup is in the `Far East' should have given Keane a clue that it was not going to be a day-trip to Killarney.
: Roy of the ravers should be ashamed
He wanted something sexier, it seemed, something crisper, but coherence was not his
long suit. He never finished a sentence, really; he didn't have to.
"The Great Man"
But that was long ago & luck is not our
long suit. Here, when the beloved dies, we strangle a stranger.
Black suit
Sir Kezbaah coped with the longer trip when fourth in decent company at Newbury next time and showed stamina might be his
long suit over two and a half miles at Lingfield last time.
Haulier hoping road ahead has more ups than downs; I GOTTA HORSE: Andrew Maddox, owner of Sir Kezbaah, who bids to make it two wins on: the trot when he turns out in the opener at Exeter this afternoon
Sagara again showed stamina was his
long suit when staying on to be beaten a length and a half with a very conservatively ridden Zambezi Sun back in third.
Horse Racing: Sting time in Paris; SAGARA FOR EACH-WAY SHOCK
Many years ago Harrison-Gray proposed that when you are one short of your contract and nothing else seems to be sensible then you should run your
long suit. Note the effect here on North.
Pastimes: Bridge