- Taschenbuch: 312 Seiten
- Verlag: Serpents Tail (4. Januar 2007)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1852429275
- ISBN-13: 978-1852429270
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,8 x 19,2 x 2,2 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 757.501 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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"'Frighteningly close to perfection' Allan Guthrie, author of Hard Man 'I never miss a book by Vicki Hendricks. No one on the current scene is writing supercharged, erotic, real noir novels like these' George P. Pelecanos 'No one writes better about white trash gone bad than Hendricks... Guaranteed to raise your temperature, whatever the weather' Guardian 'Tauntingly playful and consistently raunchy, Hendricks has blazed down a path all her own... Chandler, Hammett and Cain might be shocked at such manoeuvres. But Hendricks is their first true female equivalent' Independent on Sunday 'The toughest female writer of noir novels on the block' Sunday Express"
Kurzbeschreibung
Renata is young, beautiful, and has sex for money and kicks. Few are immune to her intoxicating allure, even her pet Burmese python, Pepe, seems captive to her charm. Richard is one of her clients, a poetry professor with a wife and two sons, whose erotic fascination with Rennie is threatening his home and job. Meanwhile, Julie, a shy wannabe-novelist, spies on Rennie from her room next door in between bouts of frustrated writing. Both would do anything to save Rennie from her dangerous occupation and become her one true love. Narrated by these three characters, "Cruel Poetry" is a gripping story of fatal attraction, energized by scenes of high-voltage sex and suspense. Against contrasting backdrops - Miami's gaudy vacationland, the haunting atmosphere of the Everglades, and later the onslaught of a hurricane - Vicki Hendricks captures the Florida behind the postcards. As the lives of Richard and Julie unravel amidst drugs and murder, Hendricks amps the adrenaline jolts and sweeps us to a bittersweet climax.
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Sunshine penetrates the salt-streaked window above Renata's bed, sliding across the peeling paint of the sill to a stain on the mottled purple bedspread crumpled around her feet. Lesen Sie die erste Seite Ausgewählte Seiten ansehen
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Sunshine penetrates the salt-streaked window above Renata's bed, sliding across the peeling paint of the sill to a stain on the mottled purple bedspread crumpled around her feet. Lesen Sie die erste Seite Ausgewählte Seiten ansehen
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The cruelest poetry--and a blast to read
27. Mai 2007
Format:Taschenbuch
Vicki Hendrick's latest, Cruel Poetry, is a surrealistic noirish journey through the seediest sections of Miami's South Beach and an exploration into the destructive nature that artists/writers face. Renata is the ultimate femme fatale--beautiful, oozing sexuality, and in her own way a force of nature every bit as dangerous as one of the hurricanes that blow through South Florida. Emotionally unavailable, she lives for kicks and sensual pleasure. Jules is a struggling novelist desperate to write a book and hoping to finally win her father's approval. Sexually repressed, she latches onto Renata for inspiration, living next to Renata in the same seedy South Beach Hotel so she can listen in through a hole in the wall to Renata's sexual escapades with both her boyfriend and customers. Renata knows about this and encourages it, glad in her own way to be able to help the creative process. Richard, a poet and professor at a local University, has become one of Renata's regulars. He has also latched onto Renata, desperate for the inspiration he believes her beauty and sensuality can give him to create again. Both Richard and Jules are caught in a downward spiral, both making one mistake after the next. Both are stifled creatively, both are seeking Renata as their muse and cure, and both are stripped bare at the end, literally and figuratively, by their compulsive need to create.
Hendricks pulls no punches--with the sex and the noirish descent these character fall into. Dreamlike, thematically rich, this is the real deal. Noir at it's best. So whether it's that you like your crime fiction populated by dark, twisted souls on a one-way ticket to hell, that you're looking for something out of the norm that's beautifully written, or you just want to read one of the best crime novels out this year, I highly recommend Cruel Poetry.
Hendricks pulls no punches--with the sex and the noirish descent these character fall into. Dreamlike, thematically rich, this is the real deal. Noir at it's best. So whether it's that you like your crime fiction populated by dark, twisted souls on a one-way ticket to hell, that you're looking for something out of the norm that's beautifully written, or you just want to read one of the best crime novels out this year, I highly recommend Cruel Poetry.
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How much you like this book...
8. Februar 2008
Format:Taschenbuch|Von Amazon bestätigter Kauf
...will be pretty much a function of how much you believe porn can replace an original plot in a noir novel. I gave up after a hundred pages or so (rare for me) because I want vividly drawn characters, not caricatures.
What I learned from this book is that there are a lot of 'live for the moment, beautiful people' in South Beach. Some of them are really exceptionally attractive, and they can get their way regardless of any other personal characteristics or deficiencies. And desire can drive otherwise sensible people to do dumb things with severe consequences.
In other words, there is nothing here that has not been done in scores of previous noir novels.
So, given that the cover is pretty reflective of what the book is, why did I pick it up? Because Michael Connelly, who has written only one weak book (Chasing the Dime) and a whole slew of fantastic ones praised Cruel Poetry to the hilt.
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but I think he really missed it on this one.
What I learned from this book is that there are a lot of 'live for the moment, beautiful people' in South Beach. Some of them are really exceptionally attractive, and they can get their way regardless of any other personal characteristics or deficiencies. And desire can drive otherwise sensible people to do dumb things with severe consequences.
In other words, there is nothing here that has not been done in scores of previous noir novels.
So, given that the cover is pretty reflective of what the book is, why did I pick it up? Because Michael Connelly, who has written only one weak book (Chasing the Dime) and a whole slew of fantastic ones praised Cruel Poetry to the hilt.
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but I think he really missed it on this one.
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The Queen is back!
27. Mai 2007
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Renata is an empirical existentialist with a perfect ten body. She lives for pleasure full throttle and makes no excuses; she hooks for a living because it fits.
Richard is a poet, professor, husband and father obsessively in love with the above mentioned hooker. He's lost in his job, his marriage, his creativity and his quest for Renata's love. His attempts at coexistence with a normal life are spiraling out of control.
Julie is an aspiring writer paralyzed by insecurity and fear. Her need to prove herself with a tome worthy of daddy's praise places her in the path of a hurricane (both figuratively and literally). She's not quite sure if she's a lesbian or just another victim of love (love for Renata).
Francisco is also a hooker (the male version) and a small time drug dealer; a Florida version of a knockaround guy minus the traditional mob, although he does have business associates who make being around him dangerous. He's also Renata's lover of choice (as in she doesn't charge him), but is street savvy enough to understand the term "lover" as it applies to those who can't love; he's a convenience much the same way his job is a convenience to those requiring his services.
Pepe is a baby four foot python ... enough said.
Fans of Hendricks' special brand of noir erotica have been waiting five years for her latest sizzler and they'll be more than happy with Cruel Poetry. Spot on dialogue and an ability to absorb readers into her characters' dark worlds (worlds we can all relate to--whether they are dominated by obsession, jealousy, a failed marriage, a walk on the wild side, snakes or just an overwhelming need to feel complete) place Hendricks' noir at the forefront of the genre.
The poet's insatiable desire for Renata to love him has made a mess of his life. How his world comes apart piece by piece is fascinating and all too real. The good girl playing with dangerous people faces frightening consequences she can't imagine. Renata's emotional bond with Pepe (the cobra) reminds one of another of Hendrick's noir tales, Iguana Love. Renata can't feel love for people the way she can respect a snake (Pepe is genuine). Although she cares for people (Julie, Francisco and to some extent, even Richard), it will take a hurricane and a neatly wrapped surprise ending before she ever gets the chance to feel what everyone else around her seem so constrained by.
Vickie Hendricks remains the first Queen of Noir. Her much anticipated latest, Cruel Poetry, will draw you in with visceral, erotic and psychological obsessions. The ending will rock your world. Long live the Queen.
Richard is a poet, professor, husband and father obsessively in love with the above mentioned hooker. He's lost in his job, his marriage, his creativity and his quest for Renata's love. His attempts at coexistence with a normal life are spiraling out of control.
Julie is an aspiring writer paralyzed by insecurity and fear. Her need to prove herself with a tome worthy of daddy's praise places her in the path of a hurricane (both figuratively and literally). She's not quite sure if she's a lesbian or just another victim of love (love for Renata).
Francisco is also a hooker (the male version) and a small time drug dealer; a Florida version of a knockaround guy minus the traditional mob, although he does have business associates who make being around him dangerous. He's also Renata's lover of choice (as in she doesn't charge him), but is street savvy enough to understand the term "lover" as it applies to those who can't love; he's a convenience much the same way his job is a convenience to those requiring his services.
Pepe is a baby four foot python ... enough said.
Fans of Hendricks' special brand of noir erotica have been waiting five years for her latest sizzler and they'll be more than happy with Cruel Poetry. Spot on dialogue and an ability to absorb readers into her characters' dark worlds (worlds we can all relate to--whether they are dominated by obsession, jealousy, a failed marriage, a walk on the wild side, snakes or just an overwhelming need to feel complete) place Hendricks' noir at the forefront of the genre.
The poet's insatiable desire for Renata to love him has made a mess of his life. How his world comes apart piece by piece is fascinating and all too real. The good girl playing with dangerous people faces frightening consequences she can't imagine. Renata's emotional bond with Pepe (the cobra) reminds one of another of Hendrick's noir tales, Iguana Love. Renata can't feel love for people the way she can respect a snake (Pepe is genuine). Although she cares for people (Julie, Francisco and to some extent, even Richard), it will take a hurricane and a neatly wrapped surprise ending before she ever gets the chance to feel what everyone else around her seem so constrained by.
Vickie Hendricks remains the first Queen of Noir. Her much anticipated latest, Cruel Poetry, will draw you in with visceral, erotic and psychological obsessions. The ending will rock your world. Long live the Queen.
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