Mike Phillips (1) (1941–)
Autore di The Dancing Face
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Phillips, Michael Angus
- Data di nascita
- 1941-08-08
- Sesso
- male
- Luogo di nascita
- Georgetown, Guyana
- Istruzione
- University of London
University of Essex
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 10
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 117
- Popolarità
- #168,597
- Voto
- 3.4
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 63
- Lingue
- 5
Phillips says he had Balzac in mind when he started writing about Sam Dean, thinking about the complex interconnectedness of different social layers in Thatcher-era Britain, and that certainly comes across in this first book, where we go across the social scale from prostitutes and young ex-convicts right up to the fringes of the Cabinet, exploring the envy, greed, racism and self-interest that cements that social fabric. Phillips seems to be almost as cynical about human nature as Balzac was, too, but he is also tied into the conventions of noir, where at least some involuntary goodness has to shine through by the time we get to the end.
An exciting, well-written thriller, with a reasonable mix of entertainment and social criticism.… (altro)