- Gebundene Ausgabe: 289 Seiten
- Verlag: Pocket Books (Juni 1997)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0671001639
- ISBN-13: 978-0671001636
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,6 x 14,2 x 3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.5 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (10 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 450.660 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Harold Dodge, overweight and pushing 50 hard, loves woman and cars. So when the extremely striking Marianna Perado interrupts his acquisition of a real cream puff--an '86 Maxima that he knows he can slap a $100 detail job on, then resell for an extra $1000--and asks for his help in getting her trade-in back from the hotshot dealer he used to work for, Harold just can't say no. Within minutes, he's up to his ears in dangerous deals and scams that escalate into a carnival of terror. If Florida's Carl Hiassen moved to the seamier side of Los Angeles, this first novel might well be the kind of thing he'd come up with. But former journalist and television writer Philip Reed has already claimed the territory, and is at work on his second mystery about Harold Dodge.
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Harold Dodge used to work as a "bird dog" for a car dealership, luring in easy marks for the salesmen, but the business got to him. Now he's a chemical engineer for the dying aerospace industry, and the stress is eating him up. In walks colleague Marianna Perdado, a fiery Guatemalan in spiked heels, all worked up about being ripped off on the trade-in of her beloved Ford Escort, and she wants Harold to help her unwind the deal. Against his better judgment, Harold decides to help her out, and his stress level is soon floating up there in the jet stream. Marianna's idea of getting even with the lizard-lipped salesman who ripped her off involves a hit-and-run and grand theft auto. Harold and Marianna end up ducking car salesmen, the DMV, and the police--and Marianna still wants the pink slip for her Escort. This is a sometimes gritty, slightly loopy novel that expertly plays on our nation's love affair with cars and greed. Joanne Wilkinson
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Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I'm not used to the thriller genre. The book was emotionally draining. It reminded me of a friend's comment about the movie "Blue Velvet": "Some of the characters are such scum you don't want to be on the same planet with them." Whew. I don't know how I'll ever be able to buy a car again! At least they by and large eliminated each other, eventually, but not as painlessly as one might wish. When it's over, how does the occasionally introspective, moralizing hero, Harold figure he stands with God? He's quite a mensch, hard not to like. No wonder his magnetism affects enough women to complicate things for him. Great job setting up for a sequel, too. It 's just that "Bird Dog" leaves so much scorched earth that I can't imagine how Harold can possibly set foot anywhere near LA ever again. Which is perfect, of course, because I have to read the next book to find out. Something tells me that glowering cop Gammon was just warming up in "Bird Dog." Harold had better stay under his radar. Note on irritating speech mannerisms mentioned in previous review: Harold's the only character in the book who peppers his conversation with "i.e." I've known people with at least equally irritating tics, and my impression was that that's all it is: i.e., characterization.
Format:Taschenbuch
Philip Reed's Bird Dog introduces us to former car salesman turned engineer Harold Dodge. Aptly described as a "car noir" thriller, Bird Dog offers readers a thrilling ride with Harry - one of the most interesting characters I've come across in quite some time - at our sides.
Harry Dodge seems to have two joys and weaknesses in his life - cars and women. So it's no surprise that he lands in hot water after sexy Marianna Perado walks into his life, the victim of a car deal gone sour. Marianna's experience at Joe Covo's car dealership has left her feeling ripped off and cheated. Dodge knows all about car dealers cheating their customers, and he knows about Joe Covo's activities from personal experience. By agreeing to help Marianna unwind the car deal, Harry finds himself in the middle of an elaborate plot of revenge, crosses and double-crosses that play out in the streets of Los Angeles.
There is a little bit of everything in Bird Dog - hot cars, hot women, vengeance, seedy characters, and a plot with as many twist and turns as you might expect in L.A. It's a great thriller, and a different kind of thriller than I've come across. Give this Edgar Award nominated novel a try and get acquainted with Harry Dodge.
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Is there anyone who could tell me that in the real conversation of our real lives, we would use the abbre. word "i.e." in any of our speaking sentence? There are so many "i.e.(s)" in this book 's dialogue that really turned me off. Besides, what's the big deal of the whole story? Car Noir of L.A.? Wow, what a inventive marketing pitch? What I've read about those engine powers and those car models in this book seemed all got nothing to do with anything with anybody, only the so-called heroine's trade-in Ford Escort, the Integra, the red pickup and Vito's Mercedes got related to this so-called car-noir book.
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Readable, but not as good it could get
Some of the scenarios of this story are not quite logical, and even those car engines or models listed are not important but like some pinky rings around the fingers of those... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. September 1998 veröffentlicht
ACTION-PACKED REAL LIFE EXAMPLE OF MURPHY'S LAW
Harold Dodge is a reformed 'bird dog' who knows a cream puff when he sees one. This quiet man agrees to help a co-worker unwind a deal for a new car and get her trade in back. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. August 1998 veröffentlicht
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I really give _Bird Dog_ a 9 out of 10... just good enough to inch up to the 5-star level.
Take a dash of Chandler, mix in a spoonful of Leonard and add a pinch of Hiassen... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. August 1998 von D. Ross
Delightful; funny; refreshing. The bumbling klutz as hero.
Phillip Reed's first novel is a success. Harold Dodge, womanizer wannabe, friend to the down-trodden, and bumbler extraordinaire, tries to correct a friend's bad business deal and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 5. Januar 1998 veröffentlicht
Debut of a great new mystery series; Carl Hiassen, look out!
In his youth, middle-aged aerospace engineer Harold Dodge was a Bird Dog--a person who sent the unsuspecting pigeons into his boss's used car lot to be 'shot out of the sky' by the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. August 1997 veröffentlicht
Fabulous, better than Elmore what's-his-name
What a book! Came across this book in my local shop and couldn't put it down. Reminded me of Elmore Leonard--only better. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. Mai 1997 veröffentlicht
Harold Dodge's debut novel is a rousing success
Harold Dodge is nearing fifty with graying hair and a belly to prove it. He is the "writer" of a book, "How To Buy A Cream Puff". Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Mai 1997 veröffentlicht
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