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Sto caricando le informazioni... Chicago Lightning : The Collected Nathan Heller Short Storiesdi Max Allan Collins
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Pretty good crime noir, but not better than the masters! In this group of short stories, Detective Nate Heller combs through a series of crimes, all based on real life cases. He is based in Chicago, but ends up in L.A., Cleveland, and Florida. And he rubs shoulders with Elliot Ness, Frank Nitti, Jack Ruby, and Micky Cohen. A tough nosed guy, good with the ladies, but nothing too new or exciting, other than the fact that Heller is involved with true tales from the crime annals. ( ) Max Allan Collins is one of my favorite writers, and Nathan Heller my favorite character of his. Heller is a private detective in stories set from the 1930s to the 1960s. Heller in the course of his work gets to know major historical figures and events. Some of his novels have centered around the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, the Lindbergh kidnapping, and the death of Marilyn Monroe. When Heller begins he is in Chicago in the heyday of the mobsters, and Heller knows the mobsters, primarily Frank Nitti - who seems much more interesting than Capone - as well as Elliot Ness. One reason Collins is a favorite of me, the person with two degrees in history, is that his books are meticulously researched. He uses as much as he can of the history, makes reasonable speculations when the facts aren't known, and uses it all in the service of a marvelous story with very human and believable characters. Short stories are not my favorite form of literature, but I'll take all the Heller I can get, and the stories are up to the usual Collins standard of excellence. The stories show Heller at different times and places in his career. If you've never read any of the Heller books, this is a good place to start and try the character on for size. But do then move on to the novels. I envy you the beginning of a terrific reading experience. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Appartiene alle SerieNathan Heller (Short Stories)
In "The Blonde Tigress," Heller encounters a vicious hold-up crew with a brutal female leader, while in "Scrap" he investigates a union shooting that has national implications. In "The Perfect Crime" he goes Hollywood to protect the lovely Thelma Todd, with tragic results. The private eye finds himself tangling with notorious mobster Mickey Cohen in a "Shoot-out On Sunset" and with Al Capone's successor, Frank Nitti, in "Screwball." Heller's friendship with Eliot Ness finds the two men working together in both "The Strawberry Teardrop," in which Heller encounters America's first serial killer, and "Natural Death, Inc." Heller tackles each case with his trademark cynicism and humor, digging into the grimy underbelly of twentieth-century America to uncover the truth at any cost. Tough, cynical, and clever, Nathan Heller has been called "the perfect private eye," the best investigator that Chicago (where 'lightning' means gunfire) has to offer. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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