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Sto caricando le informazioni... A Very Good Haterdi Reginald Hill
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Former soldiers Rodney Templeton and Bill Goldsmith believe they have run across a brutal, sadistic Nazi who committed war crimes against their unit in WWII. Goldsmith is not as convinced as Templeton, but when Goldsmith actually encounters the man, the confrontation ends in death. Now, Goldsmith must try to find out whether he has killed a terrible war criminal or an innocent man, and he must do so in the midst of his own foray into politics as an up-and-coming member of Parliament…. I tried to read “A Very Good Hater” some months ago, but couldn’t get into it; I think I just wasn’t in the right mood at the time, because reading it now was a breeze. Mr. Hill is best known for his Dalziel and Pascoe series, but this stand-alone novel brings his sensibility and humour, as well as his enjoyable plotting and characterizations of the quirky people who inhabit his novels. This book was published in 1974 and has some of the casual misogyny of that time, but by and large it was an entertaining read; recommended. ( ) Two former soldiers captured for a time during World War II believe they have found their former Nazi tormenter and, while investigating, accidentally cause the man’s death. Now they are unsure of that person’s identity, and must continue their investigations in order to justify their actions, but it’s all more complicated than that…. I generally like Reginald Hill’s work, but for whatever reason I just could not get into this stand-alone novel. Did not finish. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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HTML:Years after WWII, a pair of veterans believe they've spotted a Nazi in disguise, in a thriller with "more surprise turns than most novels twice its length" (Kirkus Reviews). In postwar England, Goldsmith and Templewood see each other once a year at reunions of their regiment. Goldsmith is a local politician now, while Templewood is a gregarious salesman with a taste for the ladies. They lead different lives but have one thing in common: They vividly remember Nikolaus Hebbel of the SS, and they would both like to see him dead. Now they find themselves together, watching a man staying at their hotel in London, checked in under the name Neil Housman. They're sure he resembles Hebbel??something in the mannerisms, the expression. They ponder whether their memories of twenty years ago are reliable. They follow the man in hopes of confirming his real identity??and finding out what he's up to. The question is whether they will discover the truth before or after they kill the suspected Nazi war criminal . . . "Reginald Hill delivers literate, complex, and immensely satisfying thrillers." ??Orlando Sentinel "Reginald Hill's stories must certainly be among the best now being written." ??The Times Literary Supplemen Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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