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Cargando... Spirit House: A Vincent Calvino Crime Novel (Vincent Calvino Novel) (edición 2008)por Christopher G. Moore
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I am a sucker for hardboiled stories set in exotic (at least, exotic to me) locales. Almost everything in Spirit House worked for me, except the friendship with the cop — but, hey, why dwell on that minor point when there are so many things right with the book? I loved the dialogue, the action was told with a dreamy ambiguousness that suited the slightly surreal setting, the Thai characters were a welcome change from the usual crime novel bad guys. I will definitely be tracking down more of Moore's books. ( ) I almost didn't finish this book, but around Chapter 9 I started to get involved in the plot. I am not a fan of the writing, for the most part. It reminds me of the "Guy Noir" skit on "Prairie Home Companion". Only that is supposed to be funny, of course. Nevertheless, I did finish the book and liked it a little better towards the end. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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In the nearly twenty years he has lived in Bangkok, Christopher G. Moore has written nine novels starring Vincent Calvino, a disbarred American lawyer working as a PI in the dark and steamy Thai capital. Internationally acclaimed, the prizewinning novels have been translated into ten languages. NowSpirit House, the first novel in the series, is finally available in North America. A farang is dead and the Bangkok police have a confession the next morning from a young paint-thinner addict. He claims he killed Ben Hoadly, an expat Brit, but Calvino has his doubts when he sees heavy bruises on the kid's face. In no time Calvino is working both sides, out to find the killer for Hoadly's wealthy father, and eager to clear the addict's name for a beautiful friend who runs a charity in the slums. With the help of his best friend, Pratt, a Shakespeare quoting Thai police colonel, and his loyal assistant, Ratana, Calvino plunges into the dangerous world of addicts, dealers, fortune tellers, inexpensive hit men, oversexed foreigners, and professional bar girls.Spirit House is a thrilling introduction to Vincent Calvino and Christopher G. Moore's Bangkok. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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