John Dudley Ball (1) (1911–1988)
Autore di La calda notte dell'ispettore Tibbs
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Opere di John Dudley Ball
Dragon Hotel 6 copie
Spacemaster I 2 copie
Opere correlate
Whitewater | You're Never Too Old to Die | Mark One: The Dummy — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Ball, John Dudley
- Data di nascita
- 1911-07-08
- Data di morte
- 1988-10-15
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Schenectady, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Encino, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Istruzione
- Carroll College
- Attività lavorative
- commercial pilot
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 35
- Opere correlate
- 12
- Utenti
- 980
- Popolarità
- #26,287
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 27
- ISBN
- 135
- Lingue
- 9
The idea of an African-American detective solving a mystery in a racist Southern town is cool. But the book leaves too much on the table. Every interaction in the film is brimming with the subtext of discrimination. It also changes the profession of the murder victim--thereby adding a fantastic dash of class consciousness. And lastly, the sexism is more apparent, both in the murder victim's wife and in the abortion subplot. While some of these are evident in the book, it doesn't go as far as it should.
And, as a book it has a few shortcomings. Virgil isn't as strong as he should be, the interracial buddy duo isn't as cool as it could be, and there's one subplot too many. And most of all, the explanation shouldn't end the book. I'd like to see the hero return having changed.
Still, it deserves kudos for the forward thinking of the premise and a general sense of suspense in the mystery. Marginal recommendation.… (altro)