- Taschenbuch: 168 Seiten
- Verlag: Vintage; Auflage: Reissue (3. Oktober 1990)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0679732543
- ISBN-13: 978-0679732549
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 13,2 x 1,1 x 20,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (3 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 338.926 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Once upon a time Eddie played conert piano to reverent audiences at Carnegie Hall. Now he bangs out honky-tonk for drunks in a dive in Philadelphia. But then two people walk into Eddie's life--the first promising Eddie a future, the other dragging him back into a treacherous past.
Shoot the Piano Player is a bittersweet and nerve-racking exploration of different kinds of loyalty: the kind a man owes his family, no matter how bad that family is; the kind a man owes a woman; and, ultimately, the loyalty he owes himself. The result is a moody thriller that, like the best hard-boiled fiction, carries a moral depth charge.
Shoot the Piano Player is a bittersweet and nerve-racking exploration of different kinds of loyalty: the kind a man owes his family, no matter how bad that family is; the kind a man owes a woman; and, ultimately, the loyalty he owes himself. The result is a moody thriller that, like the best hard-boiled fiction, carries a moral depth charge.
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For the past 15 years, I've considered Maugham's "Of Human Bondage" the best book I've ever read. Saying that had become a habit. It has slipped to number 2. I picked up Shoot the Piano Player more-or-less at random, and was blown away. Every character in the book is interesting, every event happens naturally, not in any way contrived, and the story is so well placed you can't stop reading it.
I don't want to say another word; I wouldn't want to spoil anything. Stop reading the reviews and plot synopsis... just order the damn thing.
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Moon in the Gutter shows the south philly sewer life and urban hell better. Shoot the Piano Player is more of a straight noir shoot 'em up. Still Goodis gives his main character Eddie more depth than any other mystery writer out there, Chandler included. The key to Goodis is the truth embedded in his simple, declaritive sentances and the sad reality of his circus of pathetic souls. Ex-wrestlers, obese blondes, bold 90 pound whores, and waitresses wielding hatpins dance under goodis direction like bizarre marionettes in the Bigtop Noir of Goodis's distinct and brawling literary world. Goodis is a master...nuff said.
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Set in the 40's, in the dark streets of Philadelphia, and
peopled with characters like Harriet, the tough as nails
proprietor of a rough and tumble bucket of blood; Wally Plyne,
her ex-wrestler boyfriend and bouncer who's rather sensitive
about his fist-sculpted face; Lena, the waitress with the
sharp brain and sharper hatpin, and Eddie, the piano player,
happy to belt out tunes and sweep the floor in the dump called
Harriet's Hut. Then Eddie's brother bumps into him by chance
while running from trouble, as usual, and the piano player's
checkered and tragic past comes walloping back like a train
wreck. Incredible, emotional, one of the most honest and
believable novels of the hard-boiled genre.
peopled with characters like Harriet, the tough as nails
proprietor of a rough and tumble bucket of blood; Wally Plyne,
her ex-wrestler boyfriend and bouncer who's rather sensitive
about his fist-sculpted face; Lena, the waitress with the
sharp brain and sharper hatpin, and Eddie, the piano player,
happy to belt out tunes and sweep the floor in the dump called
Harriet's Hut. Then Eddie's brother bumps into him by chance
while running from trouble, as usual, and the piano player's
checkered and tragic past comes walloping back like a train
wreck. Incredible, emotional, one of the most honest and
believable novels of the hard-boiled genre.
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