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Virgin Heat (Mass Market) (Paperback)

de LAURENCE SHAMES (Author)
3.5étoiles sur 5  Voir tous les commentaires (2 évaluations de client)

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Meet Angelina Amaro, the star-crossed daughter of Mafia capo Paul Amaro. For ten long years virginal Angelina has been carrying a secret torch for the stool pigeon who betrayed her father to the cops in exchange for a spot in the Witness Protection Program. When she recognizes her beloved's hands mixing drinks in a relative's Key West vacation video, Angelina stops pining and starts planning her escape from her family and reunion with her man Sal, who now goes by the name of Ziggy Maxx. Naturally, the course of true love never did run smoothly, and it isn't long before Papa is on her trail with hilarious results.

Playing the Mafia for laughs is a novel idea, and it works quite well in Laurence Shames' fifth book, Virgin Heat. In Angelina, Mr. Shames has found a sympathetic heroine, and in his collection of undercover cops, cross-dressing mafiosi, vengeful hit men, and long-suffering wives, he has created a memorable cast of supporting characters. --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.

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Sal Martucci was an up-and-comer in Paul Amaro's New York City Mob. He was even in love with Amaro's 17-year-old daughter, Angelina. But then he got busted, finked on the elder Amaro, and entered the witness-protection program. Now he tends bar at various Key West hangouts and picks up a little extra cash as a bagman for a local loan shark. When Angelina sees a friend's Florida vacation video and catches a glimpse of the bartender in the background, she takes an unannounced trip to the Keys, where, with the help of Michael, a young gay man also looking for love, she trolls the bars looking for her long-ago Mr. Right. Daddy Amaro, recently out of prison, is frantic. Also in the mix are two deftly handled subplots involving a shipment of contraband destined for Cuba and Angelina's heretofore disregarded Uncle Louie and his newly discovered self-respect. Though the players all have connections to the criminal life, this is not a crime novel; it's a love story in which Angelina discovers the difference between the idea of love and the reality, and Sal realizes that he gave up a lot more than his identity when he turned the Feds on to Paul Amaro's Mob activities. This extraordinary novel clearly puts Shames in the company of Leonard and Hiaasen as a chronicler of southern Florida life. Wes Lukowsky --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 fluffy Key West crime story; smiles but no laughs..., Oct. 24 2003
Par lazza (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) - Voir tous mes commentaires
'Virgin Heat' is certainly not one of Laurence Shames's better works. Of course it has the funky Key West setting, as do all his books, and a host of kooky characters. But the story, while initially engaging, falls flat long before the end.

In 'Virgin Heat' we have the (virgin) daughter of a mobster chasing after a long lost love in Key West. Her man, unfortunately, is under a witness protection program for telling truths which put her father in the slammer for ten years. Daddy is out of jail, daughter wants her man, ... and so on. While there are humorous moments I felt the author got terribly repetitious on pointing out Key West weirdness, especially the very strong gay element. Perhaps I should have been shocked by the thought of nude gay men hanging around a motel pool, and so the author harps on this point dozens of times? Well I found it to be rather ... uninteresting, unfunny, and anything but shocking.

Bottom line: passable fluff for a beach read. But very missable.

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4.0étoiles sur 5 Hilarious mob family muddles through a family crisis, Déc 23 2002
This review is from: Virgin Heat (Library Binding)
How does a slightly dysfunctional mob family from New York deal with the sudden and unexplained disappearance of the adult daughter of the boss?

Fantastic (and almost unbelievable) as the various pieces of this quite entertaining tale might be, they fall into place with hilarious effect, and somehow seem to make perfect sense.

Though this novel is more story than plot, the story is told very well. Characterizations are keenly shaped. The dialogue is strong and carries the story well. Shames has an evocative eye for detail, too.

This book carried me along with sustained and increasing interest, many laughs, and a satisfying climax and denouement that left me with a smile for days.

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