Book by Sallis James
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La stanza di un Motel 6 a nord di Phoenix, la tarda luce dell'alba che preme alla porta e alle finestre, i rumori del traffico dalla vicina autostrada, il lamento di qualcuno che piange nella camera attigua. E una pozza di sangue che avanza, lenta, inesorabile... Tre cadaveri in un mare di sangue: questa è la scena che si presenta agli occhi di Driver, che ha una sola soluzione davanti a sé: la fuga. Lui non ha avuto nessuna parte nel crimine. Lui non spara, lui non porta armi. E lo ha anche detto senza mezzi termini ai suoi complici: "Io non partecipo, non so nulla, non ho armi. Io guido. Nient' altro". Quelli, i complici, avevano un buon colpo tra le mani e cercavano un autista. Un lavoretto da niente per chi è uno dei migliori stuntman di Hollywood, capace di scene da cardiopalma, di giri della morte e di incredibili acrobazie su due ruote. Un lavoretto, però, finito male. Con tre cadaveri nella stanza di un motel e duecentocinquantamila dollari che ora scottano tra le mani di Driver. Lo stuntman si ritrova con una taglia sulla testa e una domanda martellante: chi ha fatto il doppio gioco e ora lo vuole morto? Per dare una risposta e salvarsi la pelle, si trasforma in un uomo in fuga, tra l'Arizona e Los Angeles, costretto a uccidere chi costituisce una minaccia e sicuro soltanto della sua Dodge, vecchia di dieci anni ma resistente come un carrarmato.Ma la fuga, si sa, è anche l'occasione per ripercorrere le tracce della propria esistenza.
Much later, as he sat with his back against an inside wall of a Motel 6 just north of Phoenix, watching the pool of blood lap toward him, Driver would wonder whether he had made a terrible mistake. Later still, of course, there’d be no doubt. But for now Driver is, as they say, in the moment. And the moment includes this blood lapping toward him, the pressure of dawn’s late light at windows and door, traffic sounds from the interstate nearby, the sound of someone weeping in the next room . . .
Thus begins Drive , the story of a man who works as a stunt driver by day and a getaway driver by night. He drives, that’s all—until he’s double-crossed. Powerful and stylistically brilliant, Drive has been hailed by critics as the "perfect piece of noir fiction" ( The New York Times Book Review ) and an instant classic.
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Paperback. Etat : Good. Now a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, and Christina Hendricks Driver works as a stunt driver by day and a getaway driver by night. He drives, that's all--until he's double-crossed. "One stark and stunning tale of murder, treachery, and deceit . . . [Drive] packs a wallop."--Boston Globe "A perfect piece of noir fiction . . . focus[ing] on those hollowed-out moments when a man's moral landscape suddenly shifts and he's plunged into darkness."--New York Times Book Review "Imagine the heart of Jim Thompson beating in the poetic chest of James Sallis and you'll have some idea of the beauty, sadness and power of Drive."--Chicago Tribune AnEntertainment Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year AWashington PostBest Book of the Year. N° de réf. du vendeur 00107833837
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Paperback. Etat : Good. Now a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, and Christina Hendricks Driver works as a stunt driver by day and a getaway driver by night. He drives, that's all--until he's double-crossed. "One stark and stunning tale of murder, treachery, and deceit . . . [Drive] packs a wallop."--Boston Globe "A perfect piece of noir fiction . . . focus[ing] on those hollowed-out moments when a man's moral landscape suddenly shifts and he's plunged into darkness."--New York Times Book Review "Imagine the heart of Jim Thompson beating in the poetic chest of James Sallis and you'll have some idea of the beauty, sadness and power of Drive."--Chicago Tribune AnEntertainment Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year AWashington PostBest Book of the Year. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN0547791097G
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