Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780312144463
ISBN number: 0312144466
Label: St Martins Pr
Manufacturer: St Martins Pr
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 198
Printing Date: 1996-06
Publishing house: St Martins Pr
Sale Popularity Level: 562132
Studio: St Martins Pr
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Preparing for his master's degree and a wedding to long-time flame Karen Hawley, Neal Carey takes a job escorting a forgotten burlesque star from Las Vegas to Palm Springs, only to be pursued by two murderous arsonists out to stop the old man from revealing his secrets.
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The temperature of the water in one which drowns is as insignificant as the depth of characters and plausibity of this hastily created novel.
The biggest mystery one ponders from the bowels of this book; is why was it written, and where on vacation was the Publishing house when this novel was approved for publication? Don Winslow is a brilliant writer, if this were the very first book of his that i read, it would be the last. Fortunately he has accumulated a strong credit side of the ledger with other writings, this is a heavy debit.........and significant waste.
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I was extremely disappointed with While Drowning in the Desert. Recently I read The Life and Death of Bobby Z as well as California Fire and Life which were sensational masterpieces. I thought I had discovered a brilliant author and with anticipation looked for other novels of Winslow's and when I found this book I looked forward to the great story I expected within. How wrong I was! This is one of the biggest disappointments in the literary world that I have ever wasted my time on. The characters are weak, farfetched and not believable. The style of the novel with large parts written as letters to solicitors and to other weak characters, just doesn't flow well and the story is a struggle to get through. If this was the very first Winslow novel I had come across I wouldn't pick up another, but since I have read the great novels California Fire and Life and The Life and Death of Bobby Z I will give him another chance.
In this book Neal Carey is asked by a man who is not his father but who he calls Dad to escort an old man from Vegas to his home in Palm Springs. The old man Natty Silver is very popular in Vegas and doesn't want to go home so will do anything to delay the journey. Meanwhile dumb criminals are looking for Natty in Palm Springs and Neal's fiancé wants a baby. Give this disaster a miss!
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When I very first received this book from my fiance he told me I would have to read this. He knows that I am not much of a reader, but I told him I would. As soon as I started reading the book, every time I went to take a break something would come up. I just couldn't find myself to put this book down until I finished reading it. It was a very interesting and funny book.
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Funny doesn't begin to describe this Neal Carey entry.
Hysterically funny. Laugh-out-loud till you cry funny.
I almost fell out of bed while reading this I was laughing so hard funny.And boy was I embarassed, since it was one in the morning and my neighbors have big ears.
Do yourselves a favor. READ THIS BOOK. But do it with care,
after all, you wouldn't want to fracture your funny bone.
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Here a Neal Carey story that is more fun then the previous ones.
Not so suspencefull or mysterious ,but great fun to absorbe.
More,where this came from-the world around us is suspencefull enough-may there be a laugh or two...
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