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Bezig met laden... The Brass Monkeydoor Harry Whittington
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The Brass Monkey! Symbol of what evil was this leering, glittering little gibbon? What connection had it with the murder of Herb Baldwin? Why did it strike fear into ugly old Hattie Contona? Why was it hunted by the sadistic Lieut. Mosani? How did it figure into the violent death of pretty and luscious little Ona Kalani? How did it mean both life and death to the incomparable, the completely seductive Lanai Okazi, golden goddess of the flesh? Jim Patterson, a private eye at war with the world, found the brass monkey--and used his life as bait to trap its secret! But this was not the end, for beyond lay a secret within a secret--one more vicious, more vindictive than murder itself! 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 1945-1999WaarderingGemiddelde:
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What makes this novel so great? Although it all takes place on Oahu in the years before Hawaii's statehood, it is a novel that is dark and despairing. It is a novel that is filled with people who have the blues, people in loveless marriages, people who've pretty much given up on anything.
You have two small town guys who somehow end up on the island. One had his heart ripped to shreds and decided to get even by marrying a millionaire heiress whose love he can never return. Though
he has a detective office, it's closed six days a week and he doesn't give a damn and his rich wife supports him - failure that he is. And, his buddy has three failed marriages and no prospects - not really. They are not really buddies but something snaps when James can't accept
suicide as an explanation for his friend's death.
The story is filled with the usual pulp tropes of murder, marijuana, blackmail, dancing girls, femme Fatales and the like. But what makes it so terrific is Whittington's mastery of the language which allows him to describe things so vividly you can feel the sweat and taste and smell. ( )