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Ten Plus One (87th Precinct #17)
by
Ed McBain
An anonymous sniper on a deadly rampage has the men of the 87th Precinct on their heels and the city with tattered nerves; they must somehow find their man before he takes aim again. McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet?even those we thought we already knew.? ? New York Times Book Review The 87th Precinct [is] one of the great literary accomplishme...more
Paperback, 220 pages
Published
March 27th 2012
by Thomas & Mercer
(first published 1963)
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What do a defense attorney, an importer/exporter, a prostitute, an immigrant grocer, a cartoon gag writer, an assistant district attorney, a homemaker and a couple of businessmen have in common? Besides being the targets of sniper attacks throughout various areas of the fictional city of Isola, that is. Is there something that ties these people together or is it just a random nut taking potshots at people? And can the detectives of the 87th precinct figure it out and catch the killer before more...more
Mi hanno colpito di Ed McBain in particolar modo i dialoghi che portano avanti la storia senza troppi interventi del narratore, molto vivaci e con un ritmo serrato.
Interessante la caratterizzazione dei personaggi anche quelli che hanno semplice ruolo di comparse.
Magistrale l'uso dei contrasti tra gli eventi narrati e le condizioni atmosferiche.
Notevole la capacità di far visualizzare le scene al lettore: sono riuscita a vedere anche la traiettoria del proiettile in una delle prime scene del libr...more
Interessante la caratterizzazione dei personaggi anche quelli che hanno semplice ruolo di comparse.
Magistrale l'uso dei contrasti tra gli eventi narrati e le condizioni atmosferiche.
Notevole la capacità di far visualizzare le scene al lettore: sono riuscita a vedere anche la traiettoria del proiettile in una delle prime scene del libr...more
One of the better 87th Street Precinct books. A sniper is killing what, at first, appear to be successful businessmen with standard routines, but then a prositute, district attorney, and fruit/vegetable vendor are killed. One of the victim's daughter provides Steve Carella wth a key piece of evidence -- a 20+ year old playbill, which provides the critical link between the victims. Suspenseful. Excellent detecting.
written in 1963. Still sexist. Cops (not the heros!) were bastards. Quite good suspense at the end.
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Apr 19, 2013
Eddy Allen
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fiction-and-westerns
Here is the 87th Precinct in all its gritty, glory--rough cops, arrogant criminals and the unrelenting pressure of a city of murder and deceit. An expanded republishing program provides the best of the McBain backlist repackaged.
May 01, 2013
columbialion
marked it as to-read
Mar 14, 2013
Shannon Brown
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
the-boys-of-the-87th,
suspense
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Ed McBain is a pseudonym of Evan Hunter, who was born and raised as Salvatore Lombino in New York City, living in East Harlem until the age of 12, at which point his family moved to the Bronx. He attended Olinville Junior High School, then Evander Childs High School, before winning an Art Students League scholarship. Later, he was admitted as an art student at Cooper Union.
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