Shovel Ready (Spademan 1) - Brossura

Adam Sternbergh

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1472214692 ISBN 13: 9781472214690

Casa editrice: Headline, 2014

Riassunto

'I don't want to know your reasons. I don't care. Think of me as a bullet. Just point.' Spademan used to be a garbage man. That was before the dirty bomb hit Times Square, before his wife was killed, before New York became a burnt-out shell. Now the wealthy spend their days tapped into virtual reality; the rest have to fend for themselves in the streets. Now there's nothing but garbage. So he became a hit man. He doesn't ask questions, he works quickly, and he's handy with a box-cutter. When he's hired to kill the daughter of a high-profile evangelist, Spademan's life is upended. He will have to navigate two worlds - both the slick fantasy and the wasteland reality - to finish the job, clear his conscience, and make sure he's not the one who winds up in the ground.

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Recensione:

Hardboiled as f*** with writing as fierce and sharp as a paper-cut (Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls)

Savage future noir that crackles with deadpan wit (Nick Harkaway, author of The Gone-Away World and Angelmaker)

Debut novels as sleek, resonant and accomplished as this are a rare gift (Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me)

Elegant, lean and clever noir (Roger Hobbs, author of Ghostman)

Descrizione del libro:

In this hard-boiled dystopian thriller, Spademan talks like Marlowe, handles a blade like Dexter, roams the streets like Reacher, and has a style all his own.

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• Editore: Headline
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1472214692
• ISBN 13: 9781472214690
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256