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Bezig met laden... Flood (1985)door Andrew Vachss
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Burke is a private detective living in the dark netherworld of NY City. He is contacted by a relentless woman, skilled in martial arts but not worldly, who is seeking revenge on a killer/rapist. This is the first of 17 books by Vachss, and Burke has a diverse group of supporting characters, including the Prof, Mole, Michelle, deaf-mute Max, Mama, and two dogs, who who guards his office and the other, who guards his junkyard (co-owned with Mole.) Dark stuff, with a side order of violence. Years ago, I read Strega and was instantly a Vachss fan. However, while I did read some of his other works (including some comic book contributions), I never got a chance to return to the Burke series. So now, here I am at the beginning. Flood is a great crime noir featuring larger than life characters that achieve almost mythical street cred without - in my opinion - straining credulity. At the center of this story of revenge and justice is Burke, a below-the-radar survivor that makes his home and living in the slimy underbelly of New York City. Much like the author, Burke has a special hatred for child molesters and other freaks that prey on innocent youth, and the focus of this first novel involves him helping the mysterious Flood track down the main responsible for the rape and murder of her best friend's baby. It's hard not to draw parallels between the Burke series and other off-the-radar protectors like Jack Reacher and Repairman Jack, but the comparisons end when it comes to the level of real-world evil on display in Burke's world, which is unfortunately too close to the real world. If you like your action dark, gritty, and violent, you might want to tag along with Burke. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Burke's newest client is a woman named Flood, who has the face of an angel, the body of a high-priced stripper, and the skills of a professional executioner. She wants Burke to find a monster for her--so she can kill him with her bare hands. In this cauterizing thriller, Andrew Vachss's renegade private eye teams up with a lethally gifted avenger to follow a child's murderer through the catacombs of New York, where every alley is blind and the penthouses are as dangerous as the basements. Fearfully knowing, crackling with narrative tension, and written in prose as forceful as a hollow-point slug, Flood is Burke at his deadliest--and Vachss at the peak of his form. "An extraordinary thriller.... Vachss never flinches from the horror." --Washington Post Book World "Burke would eat Spade and Marlowe for breakfast, not even spitting out the bones. He] is one tough, mean, pray-God-you-don't-meet-him hombre." --Boston Herald Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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Looking forward to the rest of this series. ( )