Shutter Island
Paperback. Pub Date: 2009 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Summer 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels s come to Shutter Island home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Along with his partner Chuck Aule he sets out to find an escaped patient. a murderess named Rachel Solando. as a...
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Paperback. Pub Date: 2009 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Summer 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels s come to Shutter Island home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Along with his partner Chuck Aule he sets out to find an escaped patient. a murderess named Rachel Solando. as a hurricane bears down upon them. But nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is what it seems. Is he there to find a missing patient Or has he been sent to look into rumors of Ashecliffe's radical approach to psychiatry ; an approach that may include drug experimentation. hideous surgical trials. and lethal countermoves in the shadow war against Soviet ainwashing ... Or is there another. more personal reason why he has come there As the investigation deepens. the questions only mount. The closer Teddy and Chuck get to the truth. the more elusive it becomes. and the more they begin to believe tha...
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780061906282 (006190628X)
Publish date: September 1st 2009
Publisher: HarperAudio
Edition language: English
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So this book was okay, but the ending was a letdown especially since when you think about things in a logical way you realize that what was really going on was pretty dumb. The book drags a lot too. The movie managed to move things along quickly with a lot of great imagery. Lehane in this book thoug...
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I have seen the Martin Scorcese movie of Shutter Island, so I actually knew how this story would end. Nonetheless, I immensely enjoyed reading this novel and yes the book is better than the movie, again. It is a gripping and unique read, full of tension and the strenght of this novel lies in Lehan...
What a terrific supense novel by Denis Lehane. Even though I had seen the movie many years ago I had always wanted to read the book and was so glad I did as I had forgotten the plot anyhow and the book proved to be so well written and intriguing that it had me on the edge of my seat.The novel is s...