Concerto per archi e canguro
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788843802159 (8843802151)
Publish date: 2002
Publisher: Tropea
Pages no: 224
Edition language: Italian
What a fantastic book. I really picked it up on little more than the title, and the reputation of Mr. Lethem, although I have not read any of his other titles. A long flight from Philadelphia to San Jose, CA gave me a good chance to dive in and I was disappointed that I had to put it down to get off...
Like Morgan's Takeshi Kovacs, this is detective story set in scifi setting with some dystopian flavor (all descendent of Asimov's Baley-Olivaw)--that makes it part of the nerd-boiled sub-genre.I suppose nerd-boiled fiction isn't really for me. It's got some cool ideas (articulate animals & infants,...
I don't know what to make of this book. A quote on the cover compared it to Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler all mashed together, and that is pretty much exactly it. It is a tough guy noir detective story, right down to the inflated metaphor, but it's all done very knowingly. And then there is th...
When down and out private inquisitor Conrad Metcalf's last client turns up dead, Metcalf takes up the case to find out who killed him. Can he find the killer before he runs out of karma and winds up in the deep freeze?If Raymond Chandler and Philip K. Dick spent an evening together doing hard drugs...
Raymond Chandler meets Harlan Ellison. I'm a fan of both, so this was a fun read for me.
14 years ago
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