Seduction of the Innocent - Brossura

Collins, Max Allan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0857687484 ISBN 13: 9780857687487

Casa editrice: Hardcase Crime, 2013

Riassunto

It's 1954, and a rabble-rousing social critic has declared war on comic books - especially the scary, gory, bloody sort published by the bad boys of the industry, EF Comics. But on the way to a Senate hearing on whether these depraved publications should be banned, the would-be censor meets a violent end of his own - leaving his opponents in hot water.  

Can Jack Starr, private eye to the funny-book industry, and his beautiful boss Maggie unravel the secret of Dr. Frederick's gruesome demise?  Or will the crackdown come, falling like an executioner's axe...?

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Recensione:

"Collins masterfully blends fact and fiction...transcends the historical thriller." - Jeffery Deaver

"Violent and volatile and packed with sexuality...classic pulp fiction." -" USA Today"

"Collins' witty, hard-boiled prose would make Raymond Chandler proud." -" Entertainment Weekly"

"Max Allan Collins blends fact and fiction like no other writer." - Andrew Vachss

"Collins makes it sound as though it really happened." --New York Daily News

"Truly individual and inspiring work. --Crime Time

"It's perfectly written, hitting all the right notes in terms of atmosphere, characterisation and plot and I loved it. So well is it written that, even when you know who was guilty, there's still plenty here to make it worthy of a second reading. --Book Bag Review

"A fast read, hedged by a bevy of hilarious characters and culminating in a delicious whodunit'." --Noir Whale review

"On its surface, Seduction of the Innocent is a great little pulp novel. But there s more going on. It s topical without dwelling on modern issues or pulling you out of the story for a lecture. I d highly recommend giving this one a read." --Geek News Network

"Seduction is a no-frills thriller that punches with short, rib-cracking jabs until the final sequence that strikes with a hard right cross." --The Celebrity Cafe

L'autore:

Max Allan Collins is the bestselling, award-winning author of Road to Perdition, the graphic novel that inspired the Oscar-winning movie starring Paul Newman and Tom Hanks, and of the acclaimed Nathan Heller series of historical hardboiled mysteries. Also a filmmaker himself, Collins' films include the documentary Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane.

Terry Beatty is the popular comic book and newspaper comic strip illustrator who, together with Max Allan Collins, created Ms. Tree, the longest-running private eye comic series in comics history. Beatty's work has also graced numerous other comics, including Batman, and has appeared in magazines such as Scary Monsters. Most recently he was named the newest illustrator of the long-running comic strip The Phantom, and collaborated with Max Allan Collins on the graphic novel Return to Perdition, sequel to Road to Perdition.

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• Editore: Hardcase Crime
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0857687484
• ISBN 13: 9780857687487
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 269
• Disegnatore: Beatty Terry