- Hörkassette
- Verlag: New Millennium Audio; Auflage: Abridged (Februar 2002)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1590070534
- ISBN-13: 978-1590070536
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 18,5 x 11,6 x 1,7 cm
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This is my favorite Higgins book. The characters are that livid,
they will stay for you for a long time. The story is pure adventure, the language simply marvelous. This is one great book which I can only recommend to any reader who wants to have a fantastic time with a story and a plot that really grips you.
they will stay for you for a long time. The story is pure adventure, the language simply marvelous. This is one great book which I can only recommend to any reader who wants to have a fantastic time with a story and a plot that really grips you.
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Good action story
25. Oktober 1999
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
One of Higgins earlier works. Good action tale set in Central American during the 1920's. The characters are well developed and the plot takes its own unique twists. Basis for an MGM film in 1972.
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An Action Novel That Asks Spiritual Questions
26. Januar 2006
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Last year, I wrote that I had just been introduced to the writings of Jack Higgins, and had enjoyed reading his work, "Without Mercy." I have just gone back to the Higgins buffet line for a second helping, this time reading "The Wrath of God." Higgins writes in the action genre with a sparse style that reminds me a bit of Hemingway. It has the feel of a spaghetti Western that would be filmed with a soundtrack by Ennio Morricone.
In "The Wrath of God," Higgins creates bleak and arid landscapes - externally, located in a parched Mexican backwater - and internally, located in the desiccated souls of his characters. The characters come to life as memorably flawed human beings. The protagonist - but hardly a hero - is Emmett Keogh, an embittered former IRA assassin who can no longer remember how many people he has called or why he killed them. Circumstances throw him in conflict and in partnership with Van Horne and Janos. Van Horne is a defrocked priest turned back robber, and Janos is an ex-patriot Hungarian doing business rapaciously in post-Civil War Mexico of the 1920's.
Though an action novel through and through, with a film of film noir to it, "The Wrath of God," consistently poses spiritual questions: "Can the reprobate find forgiveness?" Is it incongruous for an avowed atheist to hunger for a spiritual connection?" "Can a deadened and benumbed soul be brought back to life?"
Higgins has a long list of novels to his credit. I expect to continue sampling them for the foreseeable future.
In "The Wrath of God," Higgins creates bleak and arid landscapes - externally, located in a parched Mexican backwater - and internally, located in the desiccated souls of his characters. The characters come to life as memorably flawed human beings. The protagonist - but hardly a hero - is Emmett Keogh, an embittered former IRA assassin who can no longer remember how many people he has called or why he killed them. Circumstances throw him in conflict and in partnership with Van Horne and Janos. Van Horne is a defrocked priest turned back robber, and Janos is an ex-patriot Hungarian doing business rapaciously in post-Civil War Mexico of the 1920's.
Though an action novel through and through, with a film of film noir to it, "The Wrath of God," consistently poses spiritual questions: "Can the reprobate find forgiveness?" Is it incongruous for an avowed atheist to hunger for a spiritual connection?" "Can a deadened and benumbed soul be brought back to life?"
Higgins has a long list of novels to his credit. I expect to continue sampling them for the foreseeable future.
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This book will surprise you
7. Juli 2003
Format:Taschenbuch
Think of this book as a love story draped in bandoliers. The gunfights and outlaws are only there to dress up the plot. At its heart, this book is the story of a violent man redeemed by the love of a good woman. It is about how in a dark time, two people help each other reclaim their humanity.
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