Babylon Nights: A David Spandau Novel (signed)

Depp, Daniel

ISBN 10: 1439101469 / ISBN 13: 9781439101469

Edité par Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010

A propos de cet article

First printing. Signed by author on title page. Lightly bumped at head of spine, black remainder mark on bottom edge, else near fine. DJ lightly wrinkled at top of flap folds, lightly rubbed along flap folds and ends of spine, else very good plus. Protected in mylar.

N° de réf. du vendeur 004693

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Babylon Nights: A David Spandau Novel (signed)
• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster, New York
• Date de parution: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1439101469
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781439101469
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Very Good Plus
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Murder Mystery & Suspense

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Synopsis

Book by Depp Daniel

Revue de presse

A second helping of teeth-gritting, bone-crunching action in the City of Angels and beyond, from screenwriter and budding crime novelist Depp (Loser’s Town, 2009).
The sweet spot in this sophomore effort is the author’s effortless handling of his main character, laconic L.A. private eye David Spandau, who in a heartbeat can go from Parker-esque banter (“A dry sense of humor and exquisite table manners are a boon in my profession”) to ice-cold cynicism (“Americans were so sure you could fix anything. But some things couldn’t be fixed. Sometimes things just limped around broken”). This go-round is another hell of a stab at Hollywood’s foibles and follies, as the former stuntman agrees to take on the case of a suicidal diva, Anna Mayhew, who’s being threatened by a stalker named Vincent Perec, a hairdresser with a murderous thing for the famous actress. This is a plot we’ve seen in a dozen bad B-movies, but then Depp does the noble thing and turns the story on its head. After murdering his own mother, Perec steals 100K worth of mob money from Special, a pimp with a thing for classical opera and the moral gravity of a rattlesnake. Now, we could have spent the rest of the book watching these three vipers chase each other around Hollywood, but Depp takes us all the way to Cannes, where things really soar. Daniel gets into a fistfight with a filmmaker and Special does his smooth criminal act with the eurotrash girls, while Vincent plans revenge straight out of a James Bond movie. “Here we get to see the rich, the beautiful, the famous, the crude, the stupid, the greedy, the needy, and often just the plain seedy,” Depp writes. “It’s as good, really, as anything Fellini ever filmed."Kirkus
‘As the action shifts to the Cannes Film Festival, Depp shows he’s as capable of working on location as he is at introducing surprising plot twists.  By the end, Daniel Depp delivers the unsettling notion that although unspeakably malevolent, the stalker has a strikingly positive effect on all those he comes in contact with’ Book of the Week, Mirror 6/8
‘Babylon Nights is exhilarating, darkly skewed entertainment’
Independent 7/9