London Boulevard
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9783518462089
Publish date: November 15th 2010
Publisher: Suhrkamp
Pages no: 262
Edition language: Deutsch
Category:
European Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Irish Literature,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Ireland,
Thriller,
Crime,
Noir,
Suspense
I don't know what makes Ken Bruen's books so appealing to me, but they certainly do.With this book he uses Sunset Boulevard by Billy Wilder, one of my favourite movies of all-time, as the perfect canvas for a wonderful book. Everything is almost right.After meeting the infamous Lilly Palmer in the b...
Colin Farrell ... Mitchel Keira Knightley ... Charlotte David Thewlis ... Jordan Anna Friel ... Briony Ben Chaplin ... Billy NortonWhat a twist at the end!
London Boulevard purports to be an updating of the Sunset Blvd story moved to London in the present (at the time of the writing). The similarities to Sunset Blvd are really surface at best. There is an aging actress and the protagonist is financially supported by said actress however the Sunset Blvd...