Fire Sale: V.I. Warshawski 12 - Rilegato

Paretsky, Sara

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ISBN 10: 0340839082 ISBN 13: 9780340839089

Casa editrice: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2006

Riassunto

Death, conspiracy and burning buildings -- coming home wasn't meant to be like this. A dangerous, depressed place reeking of bad memories, South Chicago is a neighbourhood private investigator V.I. Warshawski left a long time ago. But now she's back, drawn to the streets of her childhood once again to do a favour for a friend. It was never going to be easy -- and when the mother of a local girl asks her to look into claims of sabotage at the factory where she works, V.I. quickly finds herself caught up in something far more sinister. They say home is where the heart is, but now, as she lies by the roadside with a piece of hot, twisted metal embedded in her shoulder, looking up at the factory's smouldering remains, Warshawski is beginning to wonder whether a trip down memory lane was such a good idea after all!Fire Sale marks the glorious next step for V.I. Warshawski -- one of the most complex, compelling characters in modern crime fiction -- and confirms Sara Paretsky's position as one of the world's leading crime writers.

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Recensione:

Packed with social themes and moral energy, held together by humor, compassion and sheer feistiness, this novel shows why Paretsky and her heroine are such enduring figure in American detective fiction (Publishers Weekly (starred))

Warshawski's tense, sharp 11th shows that you really can go home again (Kirkus Reviews (starred))

Packed with social themes and moral energy, held together by humor, compassion and sheer feistiness, this novel shows why Paretsky and her heroine are such enduring figure in American detective fiction (Publishers Weekly (starred))

Warshawski's tense, sharp 11th shows that you really can go home again (Kirkus Reviews (starred))

'Tough, complex and moving, Paretsky is still at the top of her crowded genre.' (Bookseller)

Sara Paretsky's thrillers about V.I. Warshawski set a template for a generation of private-eye novels with young, tough, radical heroines. (The Times Literary Supplement)

Sara Paretsky is the Raymond Chandler of the female private eye novel. (The Times)

'As ever, her (Paretsky's) fiction is also uplifting, because it extols the essential goodness of a sexy, smart, tough, uncompromising, self-critical, all round wonderful heroine who cannot walk away from injustice and will risk her neck to help those weaker than herself. VI Warshawski is a secular saint who is sadly fictional, but Sara Paretsky must be the next best thing for creating her.' (Daily Express)

'Set in the poorest part of the city, where VI grew up, Paretsky's merciless yet compassionate portrayal of what a visiting British journalist describes in the book as the America that Europeans don't see adds depth to a first-class thriller. 'How enjoyable to settle down with a new book by Sara Paretsky.' (Sunday Telegraph)

Sara Paretsky's unquenchable feminist gumshoe V.I. Warshawski is the perfect heroine for women up to their ears in domestic trivia. . . What she brings to the classic private-eye novel is something entirely original; a dry crackle of wit and a deep emotional sympathy with her characters, which never tips into slushiness. Above all, she has V.I., a detective who matures through the novels like good wine. (The Sunday Times)

Descrizione del libro:

The astonishing new V. I. Warshawski novel from one of America's foremost writers of crime fiction.

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• Editore: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0340839082
• ISBN 13: 9780340839089
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 416