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Indlæser... Killeraf Dave Zeltserman
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. In Killer, by Dave Zeltserman, we meet Leonard March, a man who has just been released from jail after 14 years. He had received that relatively light sentence in return for turning State's witness against a Mob boss, after having negotiated a deal for himself in which he was given immunity for any crimes he might have committed. The problem is, March was the Mob boss's hitman, and in that capacity has killed 28 people, many of whom have relatives who might justifiably want revenge, in the courts or on the street.... I picked up this novel because I had read some short stories by Zeltserman featuring his Nero Wolfe pastiche character, Julius Katz, and enjoyed them, and also because I occasionally enjoy a good noir novel, which this certainly is. Oddly, the back cover blurb, which drew me into buying the book, is almost entirely inaccurate (claiming March had killed 18 people, not 28; stating that he was fearful of revenge attacks after his release from prison when in fact he's entirely resigned to the likelihood), but I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't bought the book and read it. And I'm glad I did - this is fast-paced, hard-boiled and well written, and given the story line, there are very few bloody scenes. Recommended! ( ) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Praise for Dave Zeltserman: "Pariah will keep you glued to its pages. There are no holds barred anywhere in this wonderful launch into evil. The meek beware . . . be-very-ware." --Charlie Stella "This fusion of hard-boiled and bitter satire is brand new territory for noir and I suspect that [Pariah] will be one of the most talked about novels of 2009." --Ed Gorman "The plot ofSmall Crimesis a thing of beauty." --The Washington Post Leonard March walks free from jail after fourteen years' hard time served after turning state's witness against his Mafia boss Salvatore Lombard. It's only after Leonard is sentenced that the public learns that he was a Mob hitman with eighteen deaths to answer for. Leonard is released to public outrage and media furor. He spends his time working as a janitor while looking over his shoulder, fearful of a vigilante attack or revenge hit from his former colleagues. At sixty-two and with plenty of time on his hands, he is at an age when most men grow reflective and attempt to understand their mark on the world. But for Leonard, while the threats to his safety are not imagined, his self-reflection may pose the greatest threat of all. Dave Zeltsermanlives in the Boston area with his wife.Small Crimeswas included inThe Washington Post's Best Books of 2008 and was one of NPR's top five crime and mystery novels of 2008. No library descriptions found. |
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