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Red Sky At Night (Paperback)

de James Hall (Author)
3.7étoiles sur 5  Voir tous les commentaires (15 évaluations de client)
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Thorn, last spotted in the best-selling Buzz Cut (LJ 5/15/96), must come to grips with his own paralysis?the result of a savage beating?while holed up in a pain clinic run by a mad scientist.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.


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Hall's hermit-sleuth Thorn has long been one of the most appealing and complex characters in crime fiction, but here he extends his range still further, taking the Travis McGee^-style genre hero to an altogether new level. Ensconced in his Key Largo beach house, Thorn seems to have carved a lasting separate peace with the modern world until a senseless crime drives the other side of his personality to the fore, the side that says, "There's something broken, and I have to fix it." What's broken this time, though, is Thorn himself, mysteriously paralyzed from the waist down after attempting to confront an apparent prowler. The story begins with the slaughter of several dolphins--killed for their endorphins, the key ingredient in a miracle, pain-killing drug--and extends to Thorn's distant past and his relationship with his best childhood friend, who has been nursing a grudge against Thorn for decades. All of Thorn's unresolved conflicts--Is he running away from the world or trying to save it?--come to the fore here, as Hall makes his hero (and the reader) face simultaneously the pain of powerlessness and the selfishness at the heart of a knight errant's gallantry. And yet, we cheer when Thorn sallies forth one more time, wheelchair-bound but determined to draw on the "white knot of gristle at his stubborn core." Melding the magnetic pull of the archetypal hero on a quest with the flesh-and-blood humanity of a vulnerable man trapped between conflicting needs, Hall masterfully works both ends of the genre street, transforming the beach-bum sleuth into an everyman while at the same time allowing readers to wonder if perhaps we, too, might find a stubborn core of our own, if only we plumbed deep enough. Popular fiction at its absolute best. Bill Ott --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.

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4.0étoiles sur 5 Pain. There is no more lively sensation than that of pain;, Sep 9 2002
Par Allan M. Gathercoal "fdoamerica" (Norcross, GA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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Pain. There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable. Marquis de Sade (1740-1814)

What a riveting book! This is my first James W. Hall novel and it I loved it. His strong, bold, vivid characters, often border on the audacious and bizarre. In "Red Sky at Night" Hall pulls you into worlds of paralysis, paraplegics and pain. And as Marquis de Sade said "there is no more lively sensation than that of pain". The Key West setting combined with the madness, murders, mayhem and macabre characters, makes this book a top ratebeach read. Strongly Recommended

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5.0étoiles sur 5 THRILLING..., Nov. 17 2001
Par Carolyn C. Steele "Scribere est agere" (Annandale, VA USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This book is one of the most exciting I've ever read. As an aficionado of mystery (Ruth Rendell is another of my favorites), I give this book a five star rating. In terms of twists and turns it's right up there with Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris and Mercy by David L. Lindsay. It also has a deeply Floridian atmosphere and a few moments of black humor, a la the late lamented John D. McDonald. Don't make any immediate plans if you get ahold of this book; you won't want to put it down. A word of warning to the faint of heart: this is a medical thriller and has a few very dark moments. But the ending crackles and is MOST satisfying. Kudos to James W. Hall; keep them coming!
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5.0étoiles sur 5 No Wimps allowed in Reality, Florida., Fév 24 2001
Par David Zamula "Sham wow" (Arlington, VA United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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"Red Sky At Night" will take you all the way down before letting you have another breath of air. This story is hard to understand if your life has been easy and candy-coated, but should resonate with all those (painful) real world experiences. Consistent and evenly paced, "Red Sky at Night" goes way beyond what others portray. Just be carefull!
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1.0étoiles sur 5 Depressing and morbid
I have been a fan of James W. Hall for quite some time, and of his main character, Thorn. I could not finish this book- the massacre of the dolphins, the sadistic and Nazilike... Read more
Publié le Janv. 1 2001

3.0étoiles sur 5 This book's OK, but not great.
Maybe I'm just not a lover of crime suspense type novels, but I really had to push myself to finish this book. Read more
Publié le Déc 3 2000 par M. Glanzer

1.0étoiles sur 5 eminem
Bears by Online Book Review Justin Botham Courage strength and stamina are just of a few traits of that the characters showed in the book that i read. Read more
Publié le Mai 22 2000

4.0étoiles sur 5 A Book That Reads You
RED SKY AT NIGHT explores the ethics, or lack thereof, which govern medical science. This realistic piece of fiction uses three-dimensional descriptions and complex plot twists... Read more
Publié le Mai 9 2000 par freebird24

4.0étoiles sur 5 A Book That Reads You
RED SKY AT NIGHT explores the ethics, or lack thereof, which govern medical science. This realistic piece of fiction uses three-dimensional descriptions and complex plot twists... Read more
Publié le Mai 9 2000 par freebird24

4.0étoiles sur 5 It's a must HEAR!
This was my first audiobook. It was great. The reader did an excellent job of maintaining voice differentiation, allowing me, the listener, to follow the story without... Read more
Publié le Aoû 27 1998

2.0étoiles sur 5 Last visit to Hall's Key West
I can't help but think that James W. Hall was wronged and wounded way back when and uses that pain to fill the souls of his characters (especially Thorne) with enough angst and... Read more
Publié le Juil 6 1998

5.0étoiles sur 5 A Pleasure To Read
Hall's writing style made this book a pleasure to read. Add to that, a terrific plot and characters who seem real enough to jump off the page, and you have a winner. Read more
Publié le Jui 18 1998 par N. Sausser

5.0étoiles sur 5 Hall's crystalline prose sparkles again
Each year, I treat myself to Hall's most recent novel, the only fiction author I'm not willing to wait for the paperback to come out. Read more
Publié le Avril 25 1998

4.0étoiles sur 5 James Hall proves he can still do first-rate work,
James hall is far and away my favorite crime novelist. He's never written a book I have not loved. Even his weakest efforts are superior - his poetic prose and vivid images, his... Read more
Publié le Juil 12 1997

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