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Sto caricando le informazioni... Kill the Boss Good-by (1956)di Peter Rabe
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Gang boss comes back from a sanitarium where he's been spending some time. The doctor says he could go crazy at any minute, and his wife and closest minion do think he isn't acting like his old self...but not in a crazy way, rather in his failure to act against a gang member who is trying to take over the local racket. Not a bad premise, but there is virtually no characterization, no momentum to the plot, no suspense, no humor, no nothing! The writing itself is straightforward and doesn't call attention to itself. Maybe it should have. If it were written really really badly, it might have provided some entertainment value. As it is, it's all just a waste of time. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. Tom Fell has been mad for some time. But who has the nerve to destroy him? While Tom Fell was away, his empire collapsed. The cops started raiding his betting parlors. The lieutenant he left in charge decided he wanted to stay in charge. Now Fell is back from his enigmatic vacation--tan, rested, and teetering on the edge of psychosis. Can Fell claw his way back to power without ending up in an institution? And can anybody stop him without ending up in the morgue? Kill the Boss Good-Byeis a post-Freudian thiller that manages to be simultaneously terrifying and tragic. Elegantly modulated and filled with characters who inspire both compassion and revulsion, this novel transports us to the frontier where sickness becomes pure evil. 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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Well, other guys want to be on top, so… when the cat’s away, the mice will play. This started out pretty good, with guys muscling up to try to take over the local bookie business. But it started to unravel for me with the horse racing sub plot and then I got totally lost when Fell started buying up properties and building on them. I understood the ending though, and it ended as it probably should have. ( )