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Carregando... Street of No Return (1954)de David Goodis
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. ¿Qué había sumido a Whitey en ese interminable sueño alcohólico? ¿Quién tenía interés en que la ciudad viviera en un permanente estado de motín enfrentando a los portorriqueños contra los anglos? ¿Qué victoria era posible en medio de tanta derrota? Para saber qué le estaba sucediendo. Whitey tenía que husmear no sólo en el presente, sino que tenía que iniciar un viaje terrible a su propio pasado, un acto de buceo mortal en la memoria. Y lo que iba a encontrar no podía gustarle. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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"David Goodis is the mystery man of hardboiled fiction."-Geoffrey O'Brien In Street of No Return, we meet the pathetic figure of Whitey. Once upon a time Whitey was a crooner with a million-dollar voice and a standing invitation from any woman who heard him use it. Until he had the bad luck to fall for Celia. And then nothing would ever be the same. In Street of No Return, David Goodis works the magic that made him one of the most distinctive voices in hard-boiled fiction, creating a claustrophobic universe in which wounded men and women collide with cataclysmic force. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — Carregando... GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)813.52Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1900-1944Classificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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As usual, the main character's obsessional relationship with a woman is the start of his problems, and his refusal to give her up the catalyst for his downfall.
I liked the use of flashback to tell the story of Whitey's descent. It was reminiscent of the Paris flashback in "Casablanca", but dark, twisted and without a trace of noble sentiment at the end.
I really liked Lieutenant Pertnoy and wish Goodis had made more use of him: a very unusual police officer. ( )