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Sto caricando le informazioni... Angel Time (2009)di Anne Rice
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Toby O’Dare, un asesino a sueldo famoso en los bajos fondos al que han encargado matar más de una vez, es un hombre despiadado, un muerto viviente que se oculta bajo una serie de alias y recibe órdenes del «Hombre Justo». En el mundo de pesadilla en que se mueve, con sus misiones solitarias y letales, aparece un forastero misterioso, un serafín, que le ofrece la oportunidad de salvar vidas en lugar de destruirlas. O’Dare, que mucho tiempo atrás soñó con ser monje y en cambio se vio implicado en una vida de peligro y violencia, acepta la propuesta. Viaja atrás en el tiempo hasta la Inglaterra del siglo XIII, una época oscura en la que se han lanzado acusaciones de asesinato ritual contra los judíos, y los niños mueren o desaparecen de repente... En ese escenario primitivo, O’Dare comienza su peligrosa búsqueda de la salvación: una odisea llena de peligros y fugas, de lealtades y traiciones, de egoísmo y amor. I'm not sure why I was surprised that a story about a hit man who was sent back in time by an angel to become a monk and solve a problem, would be a religious story. Less action and more explanation of back story than I like, but still solid writing. I hadn't known that the author has written several series on religious themes since the vampire stories. It's been a long time since I read them.
Rice’s preoccupation with matters of conversion and faith pad out this short story into a tiresome historical novel that betrays frustrating glimpses of her old storytelling prowess... Angel Time is an unholy mishmash of crime story, detective novel, and second-rate inspirational fiction, but at least a Christian housewife or two will get an education on the horrors of the medieval blood-libel tradition. It’s nowhere near as much fun to be with Rice in heaven instead of hell; a little sin would do her writing a world of good. Appartiene alle SerieAppartiene alle Collane EditorialiMenzioni
A seraph offers contract killer Toby O'Dare a chance to save rather than destroy lives. Carried back through the ages to thirteenth-century England, to dark realms where accusations of ritual murder have been made against Jews, where children suddenly die or disappear, O'Dare begins his perilous quest for salvation. 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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