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Cargando... November road (2018 original; edición 2019)por Lou Berney (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This was a good book but an uncomfortable read for me: I don't like identifying with a narrator who's a bad person, and I especially don't like any hint of children in peril. Aside from those personal biases though, this story of a mobster fleeing retribution for knowing too much about the Kennedy assassination was well written with interesting (though mostly unpleasant) characters. Relieved at the outcome. Will I read more by this author? Maybe. For me, November Road by Lou Berney was a fantastic read that I both didn’t want to put down but I also didn’t want it to end. Set in November, 1963, the book covers the time immediately after the assassination of President John Kennedy. We meet Frank Guidry, a sharp dressed mobster in the city of New Orleans. When his boss makes the request that he park a get-away car in Dallas, he didn’t think anything of it – until after the news broke about the President. Then when he is requested to go to Houston and pick up the same car and ensure it disappears, he realizes this is all connected and now he knows too much. On the run for his life, Frank meets up with Charlotte, a young housewife from Oklahoma who with her two daughters has left her husband and is one her way to a new life in California. Frank realizes that Charlotte and the girls would make an excellent cover for him and manages to work his way into their lives. What he didn’t plan was that he would develop strong feelings for them. Meanwhile they are being tracked by a ruthless killer who has been instructed not to leave any witnesses behind. The author has delivered a sharp, chilling story that keeps the reader on the edge of their seat. He develops each character fully and gives us a glimpse of their inner thoughts and feelings which ensures that the reader will feel a connection to all. November Road is a suspenseful, beautifully written story and has placed this author on my “must-read” list. The title stems from the "action" that begins when a hitman is asked to drive a car to Dealey Plaza and leave it. Two days later Kennedy is assassinated from the 6th floor of Dealey Plaza. Everybody involved in the operation is killed, even the killers themselves. Down to one who knows something: Frank. He eludes those sent to kill him and gets involved with an innocent woman with 2 children. The ending is as I expected, but the tension ran high throughout the book. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Noviembre de 1963. Se le acabó la suerte a Frank Guidry. A la sombra del prominente capo de la mafia, Carlos Marcello, la combinación de encanto, inteligencia y astucia de Guidry lo lleva los primeros puestos del negocio. Pero todo cambia repentinamente cuando una horrible tragedia golpea al mundo: John F. Kennedy es asesinado a tiros en la plaza Dealey. Guidry había estado en Dallas menos de dos semanas antes, cumpliendo una tarea para Carlos, y no puede evadir la creciente sospecha de que está involucrado en el asesinato más escandaloso de la historia. Ahora su vida está en riesgo, y Carlos cuenta con que Guidry será el chivo expiatorio. Es hora de que este utilice todas las conexiones que ha logrado y todos los favores que le deben, huya del país y mantenga un perfil bajo... porque su vida pende de un hilo. Charlotte tiene veintiocho años y es madre de dos niñas. Su esposo es amable, pero es un borracho perdido. Ella ha estado durante años tratando desesperadamente de sobrevivir y de proteger a sus hijas, pero el asesinato del presidente ha puesto de manifiesto una sola cosa: que su vida en Oklahoma no tiene futuro. La única opción de Charlotte es llevarse a sus hijas y marcharse. Guidry se encuentra con la bella ama de casa de Oklahoma, sentada a un lado de la carretera con nada más que un auto roto, dos pequeñas y un perro en el asiento trasero, y se da cuenta de que ha encontrado el disfraz perfecto para escapar. Lo último que Guidry espera en un momento como este es acabar metido en un viaje por Estados Unidos con una madre y dos niñas, pero Charlotte y él están en el punto en que necesitan y pueden ayudarse mutuamente. Y a medida que la persecución tras Guidry se vuelve más peligrosa, las cuatro vidas resultan estar en riesgo. ¿Encontrarán la senda a la libertad, o los sentimientos mutuos cada vez mayores que Charlotte y Guidry están alimentando serán su perdición? No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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It is set during the time of the JFK assassination, and a man is sent to do cleanup after the fact - to erase any trace of connection to his crime bosses. Meanwhile, the man is he chasing is traveling across the country and meets Charlotte, a woman with 2 young children, who is driving to CA to escape her marriage. "Frank" and Charlotte, a budding photographer, find solace with each other.
However, there was a lot of murder, and graphic violence, and I struggled through that. ( )