Este sitio utiliza cookies para ofrecer nuestros servicios, mejorar el rendimiento, análisis y (si no estás registrado) publicidad. Al usar LibraryThing reconoces que has leído y comprendido nuestros términos de servicio y política de privacidad. El uso del sitio y de los servicios está sujeto a estas políticas y términos.
Cuando el robo a un casino en Atlantic City sale horriblemente mal, Marcus Hayes, eminencia del crimen internacional y cerebro del golpe, no tiene m#65533;s remedio que llamar a #65533;Jack#65533;. Jack Delton es un #65533;ghostman#65533;, un experto en #65533;arreglar#65533; escenas de cr#65533;menes, capaz de desaparecer y hacer desaparecer lo que haga falta. Su verdadera identidad es un misterio, y muchos incluso lo dan por muerto. En cuesti#65533;n de horas un jet privado traslada a Jack a la escena del crimen. Es un desastre de colosales dimensiones: uno de los asaltantes yace cosido a balazos a pocos metros del casino, y el otro est#65533; herido y en paradero desconocido. Un francotirador ha boicoteado el robo, pero#65533;qui#65533;n m#65533;s sab#65533;a del golpe? Jack no tiene demasiado tiempo: los 1,2 millones de d#65533;lares en billetes nuevos que han desaparecido llevan incorporada una carga que los destruir#65533; si no se desactiva a tiempo y, por si esto fuera poco, el FBI sigue de cerca sus movimientos. Desde las primeras p#65533;ginas, Ghostman arrastra al lector al trepidante mundo de Jack. Con una trama impredecible, una prosa apasionante y gran maestr#65533;a, Roger Hobbs nos brinda una novela que lo coloca a la altura de los mejores autores del g#65533;nero. #65533;Hobbs atrapa nuestra atenci#65533;n y consigue mantenerla gracias al uso magistral de los detalles y de la voz dura que ha creado para Jack, un "ghostman" con conocimientos enciclop#65533;dicos del negocio criminal.#65533; Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times ENGLISH DESCRIPTION In a daring operation, two crooks-for-hire rob an Atlantic City casino. But their heist goes horribly wrong, and only one of them makes it out alive. Now he's on the run with $1/2 million vacuum-packed into a bundle the size of a briefcase. Little does he know it's rigged with explosives. Almost immediately, an expert fixer named Jack is in cross-country pursuit. With less than 48 hours to recover the money, clean up the mess, and--for god's sake--try not to botch the job like he did last time . . .… (más)
I have a weird feeling about this book. For the most part I liked it. I thought the story was interesting, the protagonist clever and someone I wouldn't mind meeting again, and it had a mostly satisfying conclusion. That said, when I didn't actively have the book in my hand, I didn't miss it. I wasn't dying to know what happened next and it took seemingly forever for me to finish it. I can't put my finger on why it wasn't particularly compelling.
Minor local nit-pick: one of the super bad guys in the book shares a name with a mild mannered Philly sportswriter. That was a bit of a disconnect for me but only a tiny thing. ( )
"Ghostman", by Roger Hobbs, was a slightly different crime novel, told through the eyes of a high-end thief rather than through the eyes of the crime fighter. The heists described in the book were elaborately planned, reminiscent of the "Oceans 11" casino robbery movie from 1960 and its 2001 remake. The protagonist, the "ghostman", is something of a clever make-up specialist, who seems able to assume a variety of different identities. In order to pay a debt to a powerful criminal associate from the past, he's tasked with recovering money stolen from an Atlantic City casino, but only has two days to complete the task until the money is destroyed by its protective devices. In trying to accomplish this task, he has to keep the police, the FBI, and an opposing crime boss and his gang at bay. Being threatened by the two opposing criminal bosses, he has to choose to side with the lesser of the two evils and avoid getting killed or arrested. The book moves along quickly, and I enjoyed the twist of a "bad guy" being the main character, and also enjoyed the Atlantic City tie-in, since I'm personally familiar with the city and area. ( )
Bad guy (jugmarker) Marcus calls in a debt owed to him by ghostman, Jack White, when the theft of Federal Reserve money to a casino goes horribly wrong. Jack flies into Atlantic City on Marcus's jet, and immediately flagged by the FBI; however, he manages to stay out of their clutches, while trying to locate the money and avoid the maniacal Wolf, another baddie. There was plenty of action, but I did not care for the switching timeline to the Malaysian job that failed (creating Jack's debt to Marcus) or Jack's mysterious personality as a cypher, feeling the author skimped on most details, other than his mentor. ( )
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Hector Moreno and Jerome Ribbons sat in the car on the ground level of the Atlantic Regency Hotel Casino parking garage, sucking up crystal meth with a rolled-up five spot, a lighter and a crinkled length of tin foil.
Citas
Últimas palabras
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Now there was only one thing left to do. Disappear.
Cuando el robo a un casino en Atlantic City sale horriblemente mal, Marcus Hayes, eminencia del crimen internacional y cerebro del golpe, no tiene m#65533;s remedio que llamar a #65533;Jack#65533;. Jack Delton es un #65533;ghostman#65533;, un experto en #65533;arreglar#65533; escenas de cr#65533;menes, capaz de desaparecer y hacer desaparecer lo que haga falta. Su verdadera identidad es un misterio, y muchos incluso lo dan por muerto. En cuesti#65533;n de horas un jet privado traslada a Jack a la escena del crimen. Es un desastre de colosales dimensiones: uno de los asaltantes yace cosido a balazos a pocos metros del casino, y el otro est#65533; herido y en paradero desconocido. Un francotirador ha boicoteado el robo, pero#65533;qui#65533;n m#65533;s sab#65533;a del golpe? Jack no tiene demasiado tiempo: los 1,2 millones de d#65533;lares en billetes nuevos que han desaparecido llevan incorporada una carga que los destruir#65533; si no se desactiva a tiempo y, por si esto fuera poco, el FBI sigue de cerca sus movimientos. Desde las primeras p#65533;ginas, Ghostman arrastra al lector al trepidante mundo de Jack. Con una trama impredecible, una prosa apasionante y gran maestr#65533;a, Roger Hobbs nos brinda una novela que lo coloca a la altura de los mejores autores del g#65533;nero. #65533;Hobbs atrapa nuestra atenci#65533;n y consigue mantenerla gracias al uso magistral de los detalles y de la voz dura que ha creado para Jack, un "ghostman" con conocimientos enciclop#65533;dicos del negocio criminal.#65533; Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times ENGLISH DESCRIPTION In a daring operation, two crooks-for-hire rob an Atlantic City casino. But their heist goes horribly wrong, and only one of them makes it out alive. Now he's on the run with $1/2 million vacuum-packed into a bundle the size of a briefcase. Little does he know it's rigged with explosives. Almost immediately, an expert fixer named Jack is in cross-country pursuit. With less than 48 hours to recover the money, clean up the mess, and--for god's sake--try not to botch the job like he did last time . . .
)
)
Google Books — Cargando...
(3.72)
1
Minor local nit-pick: one of the super bad guys in the book shares a name with a mild mannered Philly sportswriter. That was a bit of a disconnect for me but only a tiny thing. (