- Hardcover: 331 pages
- Publisher: UglyTown (Jun 17 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0975850326
- ISBN-13: 978-0975850329
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 13 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 363 g
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Joe Portugal's experienced killing before. He's seen gunmen mow down a friend on little more than a whim. He's known greed and ambition to drive his friends to murder. But now he's face to face with a whole new degree of wickedness. A show business prodigy has been shot dead. Though no one -- except perhaps the man's father -- will mourn him, his demise puts Joe in debt to a shadowy presence whose sway extends deep into Southern California industry, government, and law enforcement. And suddenly Joe begins to suspect that everyone he knows -- his protege, stunning television star Ronnie Bell; his new wife, Gina; and most disturbing of all, his prison vet father -- is part of that clandestine coterie known as "the manipulated." Nathan Walpow's "snappy Chandleresque dialogue" (Los Angeles Times) adds punch to this intricate, darkly witty whodunit set in the trashier byways of Tinseltown.
About the Author
Nathan Walpow's other Joe Portugal novels include One Last Hit. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.
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4.8 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Breakout, July 18 2005
By Clay Norman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Manipulated (Hardcover)
I was recently introduced to Joe Portugal in One Last Hit by a coworker and found it to be a fun and an enticing read, but The Manipulated thrusts Joe and his adventures to a whole new level. The Manipulated is sexier, darker, funnier and all around more explosive. Mr. Walpow's ability to express the relationships and ties between his characters is so powerful and insightful it makes this chapter in Joe's life an impossible one to put down, and leaves you thirsty for more. I'm a fan!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Couldn't Put It Down, July 23 2005
By Story Lover - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Manipulated (Hardcover)
Walpow has an easy and inviting style that once I began reading The Manipulated, I couldn't stop. I have read a couple of the Joe Portugal novels in the past, but past knowledge is definitely NOT necessary when reading this latest adventure. In fact, this is a great one to jump in on. Joe is reaching a turning point and I get the feeling things in the future are going to be different for him, equally engaging, but different.
If you like a good mystery, if you like to laugh, if you enjoy a wholly real and inviting main character, read The Manipulated.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Read this Book!, July 26 2005
By B. Battles - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Manipulated (Hardcover)
The Manipulated is a ton of fun. Nathan Walpow really knows how to pull you in, and once you're there, you don't want to leave. Right from the first chapter, he had me. As others have said, though Joe Portugal has appeared in other novels, you could easily just jump right in here and join the fun! This is one of those books where you suddenly find you've been reading for hours and it doesn't even seem like it.
Can't wait for the next one!
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