- Gebundene Ausgabe: 496 Seiten
- Verlag: Grand Central Publishing (12. Oktober 1994)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0446515051
- ISBN-13: 978-0446515054
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 1,5 x 2,3 x 0,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.5 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (39 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 66.564 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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From Kirkus Reviews
A usually reliable and best-selling author (The General's Daughter, 1992, etc.) comes a-cropper with this tale of star-crossed lovers who finally meet again after a quarter century and then must deal with her psychotic husband, the sheriff and de facto dictator of their Ohio hometown. Such a story requires that the individuals involved seem likely to have held onto their youthful romance into middle age. When one, Keith Landry, is an exintelligence operative with the National Security Council, a man competent and experienced enough to have the president of the United States request his return to government service in the White House, such emotional gridlock seems pretty far-fetched. And when the other, Annie Prentis Baxter, has married the town psychopath and remained an apparently willing victim of her own stupid choice for more than 20 years, one must wonder what exactly it is about this woman that has kept Landry captivated. Readers are left to hope that DeMille's reputation for accomplished storytelling and the ability to create memorable characters will save the day. No such luck. This is pure (and unbelievable) melodrama with a stock cast: farmers who are almost actively unsophisticated (Landry's elderly aunt is absolutely baffled by a bottle of red wine), a kindly and understanding old preacher, the town drunk who is a Vietnam veteran and one of the sheriff's prime victims, and so forth. (There is a disdain for Middle America that ranges from implicit to overt throughout these pages.) Even those who fall outside the Spencerville paradigm , Landry's former high school pal and his wife, are clich‚s of another sort: unreconstructed '60s peaceniks: They turn out to have no real role to play in the story. Only Landry's ex-boss from Washington is even vaguely interesting (and his role is essentially that of deus ex machina). Some tension in the final pages, but too little, too late. Very disappointing. (Book-of-the-Month Club main selection; author tour) -- Copyright ©1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
From Library Journal
DeMille's thrillers (e.g., The Charm School, LJ 5/15/88) are a cut above most, and his many fans won't be disappointed with Spencerville. Keith Landry, a Cold War spy cashiered after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, returns to his rural Ohio birthplace hoping to rekindle an old flame. Alas, she's married to Spencerville's chief of police, an abusive, microcephalic goon who tries to run Landry out of town. DeMille is at his best when things are happening, but his thoughts on rural life and farming are a bit saccharine. Nonetheless, riveting suspense and likable characters make this a likely candidate for popular collections.
--Mark Annichiarico, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--Mark Annichiarico, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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There are books that take time to read, books you make time for and books you steal time for. "Spencerville" is in the latter category...it never left my side from the minute I started it and kept me up late.
Great characters, very deeply drawn...both the heroes and villains. I felt I got to know them all. The plot is straight forward, but the journey to its conclusion is fast paced, tense, filled with twists and turns and makes you turn the pages rapidly.
There is enough wry humor, sarcasm and cynicism from the protagonist (Keith Landry) and his allies to allow the reader a chance to relax from the nonstop action...refreshing and almost necessary in a book this lengthy.
The major bad guy (Cliff Baxter) is truly despicable, but devious, dangerous, deadly and cunning (and he wears a badge). It is quite easy hoping he gets what's due him.
I have now read all the novels of Nelson DeMille. Only "Cathedral" was a disappointment. Every other one I highly recommend and still think "The Charm School" is my favorite.
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I found after reading Plumb Island I became a fan and started to read others like Cathedral and General Daughter. Spencerville appealed to me because of the setting..A small town and a guy who returns to fulfill his soul. I would have preferred a different ending but the book kept me reading. Better than Cathedral and Gen. Daughter.
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Nelson Demille is the best. If you want to read and author who varies his work, is easy to read, is exciting, and creates great characteres: read his works. Spencerville is pretty good. It is not his best work. The Gold Coast wins that title easily, but the book is a good read. An interesting story about a former secret agent of some sorts returning home and starting over. If you have not read Demille: START! If you liked this book make sure to read: Catherdal, Word of Honor, and especially the Gold Coast.
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Kriege und die Wirkung ihrer Enden sind sehr häufig das Thema von DeMilles Romanen und auch dieser Roman gehört in dieses Feld. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. Juli 2007 von K. Beck-Ewerhardy
Slow moving story
This is the second of DeMille's books I have trouble finishing. "Goldcoast", although witty, too didn't have the fast and binding action as the others had for me. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. September 2002 von "myesats"
Very Disappointed
I listened to the audiotape version of this book and found the storyline boring and idiotic. The main character (Keith Landry) was supposedly an government operative during the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. Juli 2000 von Douglas Charnley
Subtle, Sexual, Sensational!
This is my favorite Demille thriller. I just read the last 200 pages as if it were a movie in itself! Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. April 2000 von "goldcoastreviews"
Tension!
DeMille has an uncommon ability to pull you into the world of his characters. Spencerville did a better job of creating real fear and tension than all of his other books. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 26. März 2000 veröffentlicht
One of the best books I have read.
I couldn't put the book down. The characters are great and the story is fun. This is one of those books that I made all of my friends read and they did. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 29. Februar 2000 von Katie
Spencerville
This was one of Demille's best works. I could not put this one down until I had read the entire story. If you read no other book by Nelson Demille, make it this one.
Veröffentlicht am 20. Februar 2000 von Kevin Rawlings
WOW!
This was a cliff hanger......
The language was awful and the details were graphic.......
I liked the suspense.......
The ending was terrific...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Februar 2000 von H. L. Wasden
2 stars but could have been 5
A captivating story from a gifted writer, but you'll wish that someone would have handed back the last draft and said "cut out 100 pages of the fluff".
Veröffentlicht am 20. Januar 2000 von M. Hamilton
Horrible!
Generally, I love DeMille and have read almost all his books. I actually listened to Spencerville as a "book on tape" in the car, and found myself yelling at the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 19. Januar 2000 von Patricia Powers
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