I'm a little surprised that the review would say it's a rare collaboration between Art Blakey and... well, anyone. He was probably one of the most free collaborators I can think of, keeping the Jazz Messengers going as an incubator for the young ones coming up.

butterflied sausage is that secret weapon

ran out of the brand of saffron they prefer and have to use the backup

I'm thinking a fight over the meal, as in beef tenderloin versus a ham.

Fritzie's work doesn't really do anything for me and, if I'm being real, Fafhred and Grey Mouser stories were just bad.

Even though "Ministry of the Future" is, ostensibly, science-fiction, it does plausibly describe a scenario by which all modern navies sans submarines are very vulnerable to simple "drop a big rock" attacks. I'm guessing the reader of the frigate book hasn't gotten around to this yet.

If his camp thought that, they were just hype men with no boxing experience.

Shades of LaMotta - Fox right there.