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Sto caricando le informazioni... Dogs (2008)di Nancy Kress
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I really liked this book. It was a fun, fast read. The plot was intriguing, the basic idea original. It kept me entertained in two waiting rooms and during one sucky afternoon. I'm not a fan of the gut wrenching thrillers where the hero goes through almost pointless torture from multiple directions. I like a thriller where there is a puzzle to solve and many obstacles to overcome along the way. I like to ask myself, "How is she going to get out of this?" not "Is she going to get out of this?" I like to have confidence in my main character. This book was like that. Nancy Kress writes tense novels about the wide-ranging societal consequences of a small technological or biological development. In this short (>300pgs), contemporary thriller, a sudden outbreak infects dogs and drives them into a vicious frenzy. The small American town of Taylor is ground zero, and the novel follows several very different characters living there, including a young boy who hides his dog, a redneck who joins the anti-animal-control underground, and a young nurse. The two main characters are Jess, an animal control officer, and Tessa, an FBI agent who left the agency after her Arabic husband's death. This felt a bit like two novels. One half was about the outbreak: how do people react when animals they trust jump for their throats? Several of the small-town folk seem more like caricatures than human; the two anti-animal-control militia members are stupid and narrow-minded in ways I have trouble accepting. The other half was written better, but less interesting: just a basic spy thriller. All in all, an enjoyable, exciting book--I read it in a single sitting. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
In this original bio-thriller from the author of Beggars in Spain, the threat of terrorism and biological warfare is all too real when the danger comes from a family's most cherished pets. Tessa Sanderson, ex-FBI agent, has moved to a sleepy Maryland town to escape her tragic past. When the town's beloved dogs begin viciously attacking pet owners and their children, federal CDC agents determine that the dogs are carrying a mutated flu affecting the aggression center of their brains, for which there is no known cure. Tessa offers her unofficial assistance to Animal Control Officer Jess Langstrom, who has been ordered to round up all the dogs and quarantine them. Meanwhile, some of the locals, unconvinced of the threat, are preparing to protect their pets by any means necessary. But Tessa, the widow of an Arab who roused the suspicions of her FBI colleagues, has another secret: Someone is sending her threatening e-mails in Arabic that claim responsibility for the virus, and she resolves to go deep undercover to expose a deadly conspiracy. 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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