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Sto caricando le informazioni... La mano del morto (1990)di George R. R. Martin, John J. Miller
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Dead Man's Hand was even more well-edited than Ace in the Hole, the previous entry in the series, probably because there were only two authors, and both of them good ones. Thing is, even if Martin got the style down for his cynical PI, these guys still don't know how to write a good mystery. I think I figured it out around the first appearance of the murderer in the book, probably about 50 pages in or so. Ah well; stylistically, the book is good, and it's in some ways a better take on the mysteries-with-superhuman-suspects than Powers of Detection, a sci-fi/mystery anthology, was. I enjoyed this slightly less than Ace in the Hole, but it was still good. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Luglio 1988. Ad Atlanta ©· in corso una cruciale convention del Partito Democratico. Saranno le elezioni pi©£ importanti del secolo, in uno scenario totalmente inedito: da quasi due anni, infatti, gli Stati Uniti sono stati attaccati da un violento virus alieno che ha ucciso buona parte degli infettati, lasciando in eredit© una popolazione divisa fra i nat, i non infettati, gli assi, dotati di poteri eccezionali, e i joker orrendamente mutilati. E questa divisione della societ© sembra avere preso il posto della tradizionale rivalit© politica tra democratici e repubblicani. In questo clima di estrema tensione, a New York viene uccisa la joker Crisalide. Sulle orme del killer si porranno l'asso Jay Ackroyd, che utilizza i suoi poteri straordinari nella professione di investigatore privato, e il vendicatore mascherato Daniel Brennan, meglio noto come Yeoman. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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As a stand alone or complete alternative to Ace in the Hole, I think it would have been a lot stronger. Once the stories merge and start replaying events we've already seen in Atlanta (albeit with a different point of view), it feels a lot more repetitive.
Characterwise, I actually found myself liking Jay "Popinjay" Ackroyd as a point of view. He's surprisingly fun and has an amusing power that doesn't make problems feel trivial for the most part. Yoeman on the other hand has never been my favorite. He's got a quest for vengeance... and that's about it? Even his relationship with Wraith feels more like a plot point then anything.
Oh, that Ti Malice plotline though. As the characters do finally acknowledge towards the end: if only everyone talked a bit more, life would go so much smoother. I will say, this book does the whole body horror thing relatively well. I'm glad to see that particularly plotline done (for now).
Overall, a decent book, if weakened by going over ground we've already covered.
Since this is the last audiobook currently out, I'll put the series on hold for a while. I'll probably read the paper copies eventually (albeit Kindleially). Some day. ( )