- Taschenbuch: 416 Seiten
- Verlag: Grand Central Publishing; Auflage: First THUS (1. März 2003)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0446611328
- ISBN-13: 978-0446611329
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 10,5 x 3,2 x 17,1 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (3 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 585.861 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Pelecanos' new book, Hell To Pay, demonstrates that, as a key player in the film production company that creates the quirky movies of the Coen Brothers, he can give that duo a run for their money when it comes to bizarrely fractured narratives and idiosyncratic dialogue. This exhilarating piece marks another appearance for private investigators Derek Strange and Terry Quinn, who tread the meaner streets of Washington in the course of their dangerous work.
An apparently senseless death rocks the capital, and Strange finds himself personally involved in a bitter hunt for the killers. As he closes in, Derek finds the very tenets that guide his existence on the line, and only he can resolve a conflict that involves lacerating self-examination. Strange's wrestling with his personal problems is handled by Pelecanos with all the psychological acuity we expect from him, and the set-pieces are dispatched with the panache that is the author's hallmark:
Potter swung the gun so quickly that it lost its shape in the light. He slashed it across the brow of the man, the blow knocking the cap off his head. The man's hand went to his face, blood seeping through his fingers immediately and he stumbled back against the wall. Potter flipped the gun in the air and caught it on the half turn, so that he held it by the barrel. He moved forward...--Barry Forshaw -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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In Hell to Pay, Washington, D.C., is just one more thug in an endless list of thugs who brutalize the poor, the weak, and the young. The primary victim this time is a rising star on Derek Strange's Pee Wee football team. In this city where making T-shirts for bereaved families of young murder victims is a full-time business, the boy is an accidental victim in a war between drug dealers and lowlifes.
Private investigator Strange, in his second George Pelecanos outing (after 2001's Right as Rain), has seen enough of this face of D.C. His relationship to his secretary/lover Janine sputters in the wake of increasing, irrational infidelities. His moral compass swings wildly as he tracks the killers, Garfield "Death" Potter and friends. Not knowing if he can be satisfied seeing these men in prison, Strange contemplates other brands of "justice."
For fans of Pelecanos, all the usual trappings are here: the hyper-real dialogue, the bloody street fights, the immersion in classic R&B, and the most current music on the streets. Pelecanos does stumble in a few places. His narrative becomes wooden at times, and his plot features a couple of glaring coincidences (e.g., Strange just happens to jot down the license plate of a car that later turns out to be the one driven by the murderers). But Pelecanos is the real deal in noir. If Dennis Lehane owns Boston and Michael Connelly is master of L.A., Pelecanos is dark D.C.'s intimate chronicler. --Patrick O'Kelley -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
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GARFIELD Potter sat low behind the wheel of an idling Caprice, his thumb stroking the rubber grip of the Colt revolver loosely fitted between his legs. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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A black detective - former cop - in Washington, D.C. tries to keep the neighborhood clean and the kids out of trouble.
Sounds a bit like Alex Cross (James Patterson), but this guy is nothing like Alex. He has edges, and not only positive characteristics. But his heart is in the right place.
Sounds a bit like Alex Cross (James Patterson), but this guy is nothing like Alex. He has edges, and not only positive characteristics. But his heart is in the right place.
When a little boy from the footbaal he coaches is shot down in a fight between drugdealers and their customer, he gets very angry and wants to settle this case on his own premisses.
The Pelecanos' language is very different from Patterson's. Much more colloquial, direct, and a lot of street-slang. This starts right at the first page and you might need some time to get used to it. But it is defenitely a welcome change to other books.
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There's more to "Hell to Pay" than cars and music, but those two'll tell you that good guys never ever listen to rap music, and that the bad guys never care for cubic inches in a motor.
Fast paced and close to detail, after this book you'll find your way in the bad corners of D.C., and in a record store!
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Für Liebhaber erstklassige Krimi-Bücher, hier läuft das Kopfkino auf hochtouren! Hier ein bisschen Mickey Spillane, da ein bisschen Robert Crais. Pelecano hat es drauf, sehr grafisch zu schreiben, ohne ordinär zu werden. Und er hat eine Vorliebe für Autos, wo andere Autoren zu sehr über was für Knarren der held hat.
Es war meine erste begegnung mit Pelecano, und wir werden uns öfters sehen!
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