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Bezig met laden... Tishomingo Bluesdoor Elmore Leonard
  
Bezig met laden...
 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.   Natt90 | Mar 22, 2023 |  CalleFriden | Mar 1, 2023 |  ) btbell_lt | Aug 1, 2022 | ) austinburns | Dec 16, 2021 | Star of the story is Dennis Lenahan, high-dive performer. He likes to climb to 80 feet and dive into a small tank. Usually does it at fairs but got tired of it, so he talked the owner of the Tishomingo Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, into letting him set up there. While preparing for his first test dive, Dennis is on top of his ladder when he manages to witness something he wishes he hadn't. It soon becomes clear that others wish he hadn't seen anything also, and convince him that it is best for his health to remain ignorant. But then he meets Robert, who casually mentions that he was watching out the window when Dennis finally did that test dive. Did he see more? What does he want? The mystery of Robert becomes deeper every day, but one thing is clear: he is an expert at diverting. Dennis listens to Robert with a grain of salt but clearly is interested. He is also interested in various women who happen his way, some of whom are simply drawn to the daredevil in him. Dennis gets to know a whole slew of interesting folks, many of whom are civil war re-enactors. A new re-enactment is planned and Dennis is pulled into it. It is here that things come to a head. I found it entertaining and easy to get through. Nice travel book. ( ) slojudy | Sep 8, 2020 |
 A good deal of any Leonard novel—or those of, say, the last twenty years—consists of deadpan social observation. John le Carré has maintained that, for the late twentieth century at least, the spy novel is the central fictional form, because it alone tackles the implementation of the hidden agendas that—we suspect, and as the evening news tends to confirm—surround us on all sides. Similarly, Elmore Leonard might argue—if he were given to argument, which he is not—that a novel without some sort of crime or scam in it can hardly claim to be an accurate representation of today’s reality. He might add that this is especially true when that reality is situated in America, home of Enron and of the world’s largest privately held arsenal, where casual murders are so common that most aren’t reported, and where the CIA encourages the growing and trading of narcotics to finance its foreign adventures. Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)PrijzenOnderscheidingen
Fiction.
Mystery.
Thriller.
HTML: "Leonard delivers a certifiable masterpiece of such twisted ingenuity that he transcends even his own bad self....Tishomingo Blues is that good." â??Baltimore Sun Crime fiction Grand Master Elmore Leonard heads to the Deep South for a bracing dose of Tishomingo Bluesâ??a wild, Leonard-esque ride featuring gamblers, mobsters, murderers, high divers, and Civil War re-enactors that the New York Times Book Review calls, "Leonard's best work since Get Shorty." Sparkling with trademark "Dutch" Leonard dialogue so sharp it could cut you, Tishomingo Blues is classic mystery, mayhem, and gritty noir fun from "the coolest, hottest thriller writer in America" (Chicago Tribune) 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: (3.53)
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