The Code - Brossura

Joyce, Gare

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0143181858 ISBN 13: 9780143181859

Casa editrice: Penguin Group Canada, 2013

Riassunto

Brad Shade has been just about everywhere hockey is played. And even though he’s now retired, he’s still living out of a suitcase, and still taking down names and numbers as a scout for L.A. But when a coaching legend turns up brutally murdered after an old-timers charity game, the job of scouting the local phenom begins to feel a lot like investigating the killing of the kid’s grizzled old coach. When the killer makes the mistake of going after Shade’s girlfriend, he soon learns that guys like Brad don’t stay in the league because they’re good—they stick around because they’re smart enough to know what needs to get done, and just mean enough to actually do it.

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Recensione:

"One of the great 'insider' fictions of the professional hockey world. Funny and full of dirty fights both on and off the ice, it delivers an astringent look into big league machinations and the human costs of playing the game." —Andrew Pyper, author of The Guardians and The Damned 

"Gare Joyce writes with guts and gusto. . . . Cunning, funny, and powerful." —Robert Rotenberg, author of The Guilty Plea and Stranglehold

"G.B. Joyce is Gare Joyce, one of Canada's finest sportswriters, an award-winner who knows how to tell a tale, which makes The Code simply terrific. . . . Joyce takes us on a brief, witty and devilishly clever trip. . . . The writing and characters are so very, very good. There's plenty of behind-the-lines chat to amuse the hockey fans, but even if, like me, you have never watched a puck, you will find Brad Shade and The Code good to the final paragraph. " —The Globe and Mail

"A great read for anyone who loves hockey." —The Gazette (Montreal)

"Hockey's inherently gothic and operatic qualities make an ideal backdrop for murder, and Joyce . . . exploits them with verve. . . . Here's hoping [Brad Shade's] next shift is as entertaining as his first." —Maclean's

"Buy the book." —NOW Magazine

"A lively crime novel." —Ottawa Citizen

"The evocation of hockey's atmosphere has never been so expertly done in fiction." —Toronto Star

"I enjoyed the book very much and recommend it highly." —Brian Burke, former president and general manager, Toronto Maple Leafs

"One of this continent's master craftsmen of sporting prose. . . as fine a writer as can be found in any field." —Sports Illustrated

"This thriller has enough juice to satisfy those who've never been to a rink." —Library Journal

"[Joyce's] knowledgeable, engagingly cynical perspective on hockey should prove compelling even for those readers with no interest in the sport." —Publishers Weekly

“Part CSI, part L.A. Law, part Hockey Night in Canada—Gare Joyce deserves a championship ring for his uncanny portrayal of Brad Shade, the earthy, educated hockey scout sleuth. This is sports writing, crime writing, and just plain writing as good as it gets.” —Roy MacGregor, author of Wayne Gretzky’s Ghost

L'autore:

G.B. Joyce is a feature writer and editor with Sportsnet magazine. He has written forESPN the Magazine, The Globe and Mail, and the Ottawa Citizen, and has won four National Magazine Awards. Joyce is the author of eight books.

G.B. JOYCE is the author of The Code and The Black Ace, the first two instalments of the Brad Shade mystery series. The books have been adapted by eOne for a television series premiering May 2016 on Global TV and starring Jason Priestley. His first piece of published fiction was "John Brisker's Greatest Game", a short story that appeared in ESPN The Magazine's fiction issue in 2011. Based in Toronto, he has written about sports and more important things for newspapers and magazines for 30 years.

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• Editore: Penguin Group Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0143181858
• ISBN 13: 9780143181859
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 448