- Taschenbuch: 400 Seiten
- Verlag: Harper Collins Paperbacks; Auflage: New Ed (12. September 1994)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0006479014
- ISBN-13: 978-0006479017
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17,2 x 11 x 2,8 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.278.988 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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From Kirkus Reviews
What's a veteran cold war novelist to do when there's no more cold war? In the case of British spymaster Deighton, head west for a knotty, if zesty, seriocomic thriller set against Aspen snow and L.A. sleaze. You suspect Deighton's off stride when he starts with a small cheat: Mickey Murphy--a rumpled L.A. attorney whose appealingly grumpy narration energizes the story--huddles behind his desk, trying not to frighten ``the woman'' perched on his office window ledge. Mickey finally coaxes ``the woman'' inside--and only then tells us that she's his ex-wife, angling for a handout. Mickey's day goes downhill from there, as he meets with an actor who wants a gun, visits his own wastrel son, and attends a party thrown by Zack Petrovich, the tycoon who's just bought control of Mickey's small law firm--and who's married to his old flame Ingrid. At the party, Mickey chances upon a bomb hidden in Zack's phone: Who's trying to kill his new boss? Is it Ingrid--who claims that Zack wants to kill her? What do these threatened murders have to do with the body-snatching scheme by which one of Mickey's clients will be declared dead in order to run off with an illicit fortune? And who knocked off and then freeze-dried the retired hit man who claimed, just before he died, that Ingrid had asked him to kill Zack? A picturesque visit to Zack's Aspen ranch doesn't clarify matters, but Mickey finds plenty more to grumble about as he tends to his vintage Caddie and mouths off about foreign cars, smoking, lax airport security, and even appliance-repair requirements, meanwhile tying together plot threads right up to a twisty finale that's not half as compelling as the burning cityscape--courtesy of L.A.'s 1992 riots--that backdrops it. Like sugarcoating on a pill, Mickey's lively patter makes the contorted, lumpy storyline easier to swallow--but this kind of bumptious California thriller really isn't Deighton's bag. (First printing of 125,000) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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From School Library Journal
YA-A masterfully crafted tale awaits both teens seeking leisure reading and those looking for a contemporary author for a literature assignment. Within the first six pages, evidence is given to support the title lead in: "If America is a lunatic asylum, then California is the Violent Ward." The lives of Mickey Murphy, a LA criminal lawyer; and the entire cast of con artists and people on the cusp of legitimacy, Hollywood wannabes, old friends, and especially Mickey's childhood sweetheart, Mrs. Ingrid Petrovitch, are deftly woven into this plot that is full of humor and unexpected twists and turns. The surrealistic combination of media coverage juxtaposed with the first-person accounts of the rioting following the first Rodney King trial provides a fitting context for the physical and intellectual resolution of this story.
Barbara Hawkins, Oakton High School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
Barbara Hawkins, Oakton High School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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A dud from Deighton!?
1. Juli 1998
Format:Taschenbuch
A clumsy story by one of my favorite authors. Pitchers, quarterbacks, and point guards all lose their extraordinary skills, or at least have bad days, so why not writers? Any "Rockford Files" script gives us a better exasperated L.A. anti-hero than this Mickey Murphy stereotype. The minor characters in _Violent Ward_ are almost as cartoonish. (And what's with the title? It's pretty bad when the blurb has to try to explain it.)
Deighton's over-detailed descriptions of clothing remind me of a Nancy Drew novel. But the worst part of reading _Ward_ is the feeling I get that this is a British writer pretending he's a lifelong American. Britishisms such as "rang off" instead of hung up and "ramp" instead of driveway reinforce this irritating dent to the story's credibility.
Other critics ask, Well, what's a spy novelist to do now that the Cold War is over? Hello-oh. . . China, Iraq, Japanese industrial espionage? I'll ring off now.
2 von 2 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
How did I miss this gem before?
25. April 2006
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Len Deighton is one of my all-time favorite authors, which is why I
can't believe I hadn't found this novel sooner. He is a master of the
espionage thriller, but this one is a good old fashioned mystery. Our
hero is not a detective, though, but a lawyer. Yep, a lawyer.
I love the character of Mickey Murphy - he is so adorable! His office is
in a bad LA neighborhood, his partner is into some shady deals, his law
practice is being bought out by a multi-millionaire who also happens to
be married to Murphy's old high school sweetheart for whom he still
carries a serious torch. When his ex-wife isn't pretending she's going
to throw herself off his ledge, she's sending her astrologer round to
threaten him for more money, his son is living with a fem-nazi and his
German secretary barely speaks English. His friend the movie star wants
to buy a gun, his friend the cop suspects him of murder and his friend
the body guard keeps threatening to kill him.
The take over of his law practice is not so innocent as it seems and
there is something more going on, but Murphy is having a hard time
figuring out what the deal is. He happens to be the only honest party
involved, so chances are, he'll end up screwed. The whole thing comes to
a head as the city goes up in flames during a huge riot.
A must read!
can't believe I hadn't found this novel sooner. He is a master of the
espionage thriller, but this one is a good old fashioned mystery. Our
hero is not a detective, though, but a lawyer. Yep, a lawyer.
I love the character of Mickey Murphy - he is so adorable! His office is
in a bad LA neighborhood, his partner is into some shady deals, his law
practice is being bought out by a multi-millionaire who also happens to
be married to Murphy's old high school sweetheart for whom he still
carries a serious torch. When his ex-wife isn't pretending she's going
to throw herself off his ledge, she's sending her astrologer round to
threaten him for more money, his son is living with a fem-nazi and his
German secretary barely speaks English. His friend the movie star wants
to buy a gun, his friend the cop suspects him of murder and his friend
the body guard keeps threatening to kill him.
The take over of his law practice is not so innocent as it seems and
there is something more going on, but Murphy is having a hard time
figuring out what the deal is. He happens to be the only honest party
involved, so chances are, he'll end up screwed. The whole thing comes to
a head as the city goes up in flames during a huge riot.
A must read!
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This is a great book!
26. September 2001
Format:Taschenbuch
I really liked this story and it had some really funny lines in it too. I will read some more books by this author if they are anything like this. This is about an attorney, his ex, his kid, an old girlfriend and her husband, riots, money, murder. A really interesting novel.
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