Ovid Demaris (1919–1998)
Auteur van The Last Mafioso
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Werken van Ovid Demaris
The Lindbergh Kidnaping Case : The True Story of the Crime That Shocked the World (2015) 3 exemplaren
The enforcer 3 exemplaren
The Boardwalk Jungle. How greed, corruption, and the Mafia turned Atlantic City into--the boardwalk jungle 2 exemplaren
Cyclone sur la piscine 1 exemplaar
The Parasite 1 exemplaar
The Last Malioso 1 exemplaar
Memoires van de minnares van president Kennedy 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Demaris, Ovid
- Officiële naam
- Desmarais, Ovide
- Geboortedatum
- 1919-09-06
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1998-03-12
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Beroepen
- journalist
- Organisaties
- United Press
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The green felt jungle door Ed. Reid
An investigation into the period when the Mafia was in power in Las Vegas, and Nevada as a whole. I'm not sure they have ever really gone away. Like a lot of true crime writing, the prose is clear, and the message is very discouraging.
Effective, entertaining story of a newly rich oil man confronted by a gangster and his assorted minions who are trying to get him to hand over an interest in an oil well. After a while, it isn't the money that is at stake, but the gangster's pride, and the violence escalates. The plot isn't the most believable, but you don't have a lot of time to worry about it. The book is well-written for the most part, particularly the most brutal scenes, which come faster and faster as the 144-page novel speeds to a fiery conclusion. While the characters fall into types, they are fairly well-drawn. Demaris's writing only falters when he tries to philosophize or get inside the head of a 17-year old girl.… (meer)
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- 52
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