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Bezig met laden... Black Tide (1999)door Peter Temple
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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. A great read especially the 2nd half. Loved the characters and descriptions of people, places, stuff. ( ) This is my second Jack Irish book. The character is a wonderful creation, even if the stories are sometimes hard to penetrate. Some of the difficulty is that there is so much Australian pidgin, along with getting immersed in the world's of horse racing and cabinet making. Sometimes the narrative gets a little lost. But Irish is the perfect balance of gun metal brandish and fragile sensibility. And the writing in this second book is elevated, achieving a more literary feel than the first. Peter Temple has a distinctive voice as a writer. As with its predecessor, Black Tide not only takes on a complicated tangle of shady operations that keep you guessing as to who's trustworthy and who's not, while the author manages to keep his well-crafted plot under a great deal of control. Temple holds the reins tightly as the disappearance of one man slowly begins to branch out into even more nefarious dealings, so that everything that Jack uncovers fits into the main plotline without going off into tangents. The author also weaves in different facets of Melbourne's population, from the very wealthy who prefer that the tradesmen use the back entrance to the aging Aussie rules football club fans who've lost their local team Anything by Peter Temple is always an enjoyable read. A special voice in Australian crime. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Jack Irish has no shortage of friends. Jockeys and journos, lawyers and standover men, people in nameless occupations who aren't in the phone book. These days, though, the only family he sees are Irish men in faded football team photographs on the pub wall. So when Des Connors, the last link to his father, calls to ask for help in the matter of a missing son, Jack is happy to lend a hand. But sometimes prodigal sons go missing for a reason. As Jack begins to dig, he discovers that Gary Connors was a man with something to hide. And his friends are people with darker and more deadly secrets. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.92Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 2000-LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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