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The Death and Life of Bobby Z: A Thriller
From the bestselling author of Savages (now an Oliver Stone film).
When Tim Kearney, a small-time criminal, slits the throat of a Hell's Angel and draws a life sentence in a prison full of gang members, he knows he’s pretty much a dead man. That’s until the DEA makes Kearney an offer: impersonate the late, legendary dope smuggler Bobby Z so that the agency can trade him for one of their own, who was captured by a Mexican drug kingpin. Knowing his chances of survival are a little better than in prison, Kearney accepts, and he winds up in the middle of a desert at the notorious drug lord’s lavish compound. To his surprise he meets Bobby Z's old flame, Elizabeth, and her son. At first, it’s a short vacation by the pool, but when things turn bloody, the three of them begin the most desperate flight of their lives, with drug lords, bikers, Indians, and cops furiously chasing after them. Whether he pulls it off, whether he can keep the kid and the girl and his life, makes this compelling novel a hilarious, fast-paced thriller about a con caught in a devil’s bargain.
When Tim Kearney, a small-time criminal, slits the throat of a Hell's Angel and draws a life sentence in a prison full of gang members, he knows he’s pretty much a dead man. That’s until the DEA makes Kearney an offer: impersonate the late, legendary dope smuggler Bobby Z so that the agency can trade him for one of their own, who was captured by a Mexican drug kingpin. Knowing his chances of survival are a little better than in prison, Kearney accepts, and he winds up in the middle of a desert at the notorious drug lord’s lavish compound. To his surprise he meets Bobby Z's old flame, Elizabeth, and her son. At first, it’s a short vacation by the pool, but when things turn bloody, the three of them begin the most desperate flight of their lives, with drug lords, bikers, Indians, and cops furiously chasing after them. Whether he pulls it off, whether he can keep the kid and the girl and his life, makes this compelling novel a hilarious, fast-paced thriller about a con caught in a devil’s bargain.
259 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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Don Winslow
112 books7,440 followersDon Winslow is the author of twenty-one acclaimed, award-winning international bestsellers, including the New York Times bestsellers The Force and The Border, the #1 international bestseller The Cartel, The Power of the Dog, Savages, and The Winter of Frankie Machine. Savages was made into a feature film by three-time Oscar-winning writer-director Oliver Stone. The Power of the Dog, The Cartel and The Border sold to FX in a major multimillion-dollar deal to air as a weekly television series beginning in 2020.
A former investigator, antiterrorist trainer and trial consultant, Winslow lives in California and Rhode Island.
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December 31, 2019
This is another excellent, fast-moving novel from Don Winslow. The protagonist is a lifelong loser named Tim Kearney who is doing a stint in San Quentin when he gets into a beef with a Hells Angel named Stinkdog. Knowing that Stinkdog will be looking to kill him, Kearney, a former Marine, makes a preemptive strike, cutting Stinkdog's throat with a sharpened license plate. Kearney knows, however, that his reprieve will be short-lived. The murder makes him a three-time loser. He can expect to spend the rest of his life as a guest of the state of California, but that's of little consequence. Kearney knows that it will only be a matter of days or weeks until the Hells Angels take their revenge and kill him for murdering one of their own.
Just in the nick of time, though, Kearney gets the luckiest break of his life when a DEA agent named Tad Gruza offers to get him out of jail permanently in return for doing the DEA a small favor. Gruza explains that a notorious Mexican drug dealer named Don Huertero is holding a DEA agent captive. Huertero has offered to exchange the agent for a drug dealer named Bobby Z that the feds are holding. Sadly, though, unbeknownst to anyone outside of the DEA, Bobby Z has died of a heart attack while in custody and so it looks like the exchange is off.
It turns out, however, that Tim Kearney is the spitting image of Bobby Z and Gruza proposes that Kearney impersonate Bobby Z for the purpose of the exchange. Once the swap has been made, Gruza promises to extricate Kearney and let him run away and start his life anew. It's a scary idea, but a lot more palatable than sitting around in prison waiting for the Hells Angels to execute him and so Kearney agrees.
Inevitably, of course, as the exchange is to be made, the grand plan goes to hell in a handbasket. Kearney winds up in the hands of Huertero's people who treat him like royalty while awaiting the boss's arrival at a luxurious compound belonging to one of his henchmen. Kearney discovers, though, that Huertero actually intends to torture and kill him because the real Bobby Z apparently stole a large sum of money from him.
Kearny now finds himself on the run from the drug dealers, the cops and, of course the Hells Angels who still want his hide as well. His chances of survival look pretty grim, but he intends to give it his best shot and wreak as much havoc on his enemies as he can before he succumbs.
This is a very entertaining novel and Kearney, for all is faults, is a tremendously appealing protagonist. Winslow tells the story in staccato bursts of narrative and dialog that seem perfectly suited to the subject and that keep you turning the pages. Winslow has gone on to even bigger and much better things since this book first appeared twenty-three years ago, but fans of the author who don't know this book will certainly want to search it out.
Just in the nick of time, though, Kearney gets the luckiest break of his life when a DEA agent named Tad Gruza offers to get him out of jail permanently in return for doing the DEA a small favor. Gruza explains that a notorious Mexican drug dealer named Don Huertero is holding a DEA agent captive. Huertero has offered to exchange the agent for a drug dealer named Bobby Z that the feds are holding. Sadly, though, unbeknownst to anyone outside of the DEA, Bobby Z has died of a heart attack while in custody and so it looks like the exchange is off.
It turns out, however, that Tim Kearney is the spitting image of Bobby Z and Gruza proposes that Kearney impersonate Bobby Z for the purpose of the exchange. Once the swap has been made, Gruza promises to extricate Kearney and let him run away and start his life anew. It's a scary idea, but a lot more palatable than sitting around in prison waiting for the Hells Angels to execute him and so Kearney agrees.
Inevitably, of course, as the exchange is to be made, the grand plan goes to hell in a handbasket. Kearney winds up in the hands of Huertero's people who treat him like royalty while awaiting the boss's arrival at a luxurious compound belonging to one of his henchmen. Kearney discovers, though, that Huertero actually intends to torture and kill him because the real Bobby Z apparently stole a large sum of money from him.
Kearny now finds himself on the run from the drug dealers, the cops and, of course the Hells Angels who still want his hide as well. His chances of survival look pretty grim, but he intends to give it his best shot and wreak as much havoc on his enemies as he can before he succumbs.
This is a very entertaining novel and Kearney, for all is faults, is a tremendously appealing protagonist. Winslow tells the story in staccato bursts of narrative and dialog that seem perfectly suited to the subject and that keep you turning the pages. Winslow has gone on to even bigger and much better things since this book first appeared twenty-three years ago, but fans of the author who don't know this book will certainly want to search it out.
December 15, 2018
Don Winslow is my guilty pleasure. Sometimes his books are filled with such ridiculousness that you have to turn the part of your brain off that goes, "really?" and just enjoy the ride. This is about a dude that fakes being another dude because he sorta looks like the one dude then he gets set up by a bunch of bad dudes and gets mistaken for being some dude then the bad dudes recognize him as being the original dude and massive dude-ness ensues. Got it? Me either, but it was fun. Not as good as Power of the Dog or even the Force but worth the price of admission.
August 7, 2025
- Libro acquistato a Marzo 2018 -
Non è molto che ho elargito lode e apprezzamento per Don Winslow, scrittore statunitense capace di tenermi incollato alla lettura dei suoi romanzi fino all’ultima pagina: non stiamo parlando di letteratura ma di lettura d’evasione, di romanzi di avventura ambientati per lo più negli stati più meridionali degli USA e nel Messico dei cartelli della droga e i personaggi comprendono un protagonista buono, ma mai del tutto come si scopre strada facendo, e molti cattivi incazzati che lo vogliono neutralizzare (eufemismo per disintegrare).
In questo romanzo del 1997 anche se l’idea di base è molto intrigante e lo svolgimento all’altezza delle attese, si sente tuttavia qualche tentennamento ma soprattutto un’imprevista e deprecabile accelerazione del racconto nel capitolo finale come se lo scrittore fosse costretto a comprimere la conclusione suo malgrado, quando invece ci si aspetterebbe spiegazioni dettagliate per sciogliere tutti i nodi e un epilogo degno.
Tutto questo mi ha lasciato interdetto e anche la mia valutazione finale ne ha risentito. Voto 3,5
Non è molto che ho elargito lode e apprezzamento per Don Winslow, scrittore statunitense capace di tenermi incollato alla lettura dei suoi romanzi fino all’ultima pagina: non stiamo parlando di letteratura ma di lettura d’evasione, di romanzi di avventura ambientati per lo più negli stati più meridionali degli USA e nel Messico dei cartelli della droga e i personaggi comprendono un protagonista buono, ma mai del tutto come si scopre strada facendo, e molti cattivi incazzati che lo vogliono neutralizzare (eufemismo per disintegrare).
In questo romanzo del 1997 anche se l’idea di base è molto intrigante e lo svolgimento all’altezza delle attese, si sente tuttavia qualche tentennamento ma soprattutto un’imprevista e deprecabile accelerazione del racconto nel capitolo finale come se lo scrittore fosse costretto a comprimere la conclusione suo malgrado, quando invece ci si aspetterebbe spiegazioni dettagliate per sciogliere tutti i nodi e un epilogo degno.
Tutto questo mi ha lasciato interdetto e anche la mia valutazione finale ne ha risentito. Voto 3,5
January 24, 2015
I listened to the audio version of The Death and the Life of Bobby Z mainly just to get a feel for the author before I tackle the considerably heftier The Power of the Dog. This book was of course turned into the film of the same name staring the late Paul Walker, so it’s always interesting to compare the two.
Currently serving a life sentence without parole, decorated Gulf War veteran Tim Kearney gets a poisoned chalice of an offer from the DEA to impersonate the notorious and now dead drug smuggler Bobby Zacharias and to be honest, it’s not the deal of a lifetime.
Freedom is freedom though and having just slashed the throat of a Hell’s Angel wrecking ball, whatever’s in store for him on the outside is going to be a damn site more preferential to the waves of revenge heading his way.
The deal, he’s about to be exchanged for the captured DEA agent Arthur Moreno and given to Don Huertero, a Mexican druglord and yeah, it doesn’t sound like an monumentally rejoiceful moment for our hero and token loser.
And it doesn’t take long for him to get right in the middle of a seriously fucked up situation, snatched at gunpoint, held prisoner in the desert, waiting for the Don. Luckily though he’s a US Marine, the greatest soldiers on the planet and we then step into the realms of predictability with an escape, tracked by Indians, loads of killing etc.
Our hero then actually comes into the role of Bobby Z with a bit of a flourish but unfortunately there’s a shit load of baggage that comes with it and a lot of people wanting to end his life.
The only thing to set this apart from other stories of similar persuasion was the rescue of a kid, the real Bobby Z’s son, which sort of stopped the story going dark and dirty. There’s some snippets of humour in there amidst the betrayals and gunfire. All told the narration was good, the story and plot were good, characters were ok if not a bit cliché and that summed it up for me, just sort of OK.
Also posted at http://paulnelson.booklikes.com/post/...
Currently serving a life sentence without parole, decorated Gulf War veteran Tim Kearney gets a poisoned chalice of an offer from the DEA to impersonate the notorious and now dead drug smuggler Bobby Zacharias and to be honest, it’s not the deal of a lifetime.
Freedom is freedom though and having just slashed the throat of a Hell’s Angel wrecking ball, whatever’s in store for him on the outside is going to be a damn site more preferential to the waves of revenge heading his way.
The deal, he’s about to be exchanged for the captured DEA agent Arthur Moreno and given to Don Huertero, a Mexican druglord and yeah, it doesn’t sound like an monumentally rejoiceful moment for our hero and token loser.
And it doesn’t take long for him to get right in the middle of a seriously fucked up situation, snatched at gunpoint, held prisoner in the desert, waiting for the Don. Luckily though he’s a US Marine, the greatest soldiers on the planet and we then step into the realms of predictability with an escape, tracked by Indians, loads of killing etc.
Our hero then actually comes into the role of Bobby Z with a bit of a flourish but unfortunately there’s a shit load of baggage that comes with it and a lot of people wanting to end his life.
The only thing to set this apart from other stories of similar persuasion was the rescue of a kid, the real Bobby Z’s son, which sort of stopped the story going dark and dirty. There’s some snippets of humour in there amidst the betrayals and gunfire. All told the narration was good, the story and plot were good, characters were ok if not a bit cliché and that summed it up for me, just sort of OK.
Also posted at http://paulnelson.booklikes.com/post/...
September 11, 2018
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Don Winslow
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard September 12, 2006; Reprint edition August 1, 2012
259 Pages, Hardcover
RATING: 5 Stars
Tim Kearney, a small-time criminal, slits the throat of a Hell's Angel in prison earning him a life sentence and certain death. When offered a chance to impersonate the late Bobby Z- an infamous drug smuggler-so the DEA can swap him for one of their own being held hostage in a drug cartel's compound, he takes the chance. A mix up happens at the exchange in Mexico, and suddenly Tim is in the cartel's lavish home and being treated like royalty. He meets Elizabeth, Bobby's ex and her son. Everything is fine and like a great vacation until bullets fly, and things get bloody. He goes on the run like never before through the vast Mexican desert with everyone dogging his trail. With military training, a keen sense of desert and a good sense of humor, does Tim make it out of this alive with the boy and Elizabeth, or has he signed everyone's death warrant?
RATING: 5 Stars
REVIEW:
From start to finish this book packed action, comedy, and intrigue in it with the stroke of one man's hand. Tim Kearney, a luckless small-time crook, in jail for something stupid, does something he would later regret only to do something that may not even be worth it. Given promises of freedom by the DEA, he goes for this strange arrangement to fall for Bobby's ex and become enchanted by a little boy who has no business being in a cartel house.
Tim left the cartel house when things got bad, and the journey through the Mexican Desert was replete with the accurate descriptions regarding geography and, yes, climate. But the heat is on him, drug lords, angry Hell's Angels, Native trackers, and cops are all on his trail and getting closer by the minute. This story takes several twists, while he tries desperately to stay ahead of the enemies.
I have to admit; this was an unexpected book. I thought I had it all figured out. However, this writer is very good at writing in twists. He is also good at throwing in surprises at the very end. This left me in mystery. I enjoyed that.
WRITING:
The writing exhibited someone of great talent and a strong aptitude for imagination. Something like this came from someone who is very creative. Though I have seen stories about impersonation before, this particular story was different. It did not contain any of the cliche stuff you see on T.V. or in movies. He wrote it so well; I was never bored. His descriptions of Southern California and Mexico were also very well described and designed in such a way that one can see it in their mind.
PLOT:
The story was consistent and flowed well. The plot was thick with action and intrigue. You never knew what was going to happen one page to the next. This is how it should be. Tie this with the subplots and a surprise at the end then you've got a perfect and satisfying ending. I enjoyed this book immensely.
WHAT I LIKED:
I Liked the way everything was designed including characters. Not so much worldbuilding, like in Fantasy, but along those lines. Mr. Winslow made the deserts come alive, and the people seem real. This is a very high point in a story.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
I liked the ending, but I wish it would have had something else to it. It almost seemed as if he got tired of writing the book and said: "oh well, let's just do this." It wasn't bad; it just could have ended better.
OVERALL IMPRESSION:
This is a book that would interest anyone who is an action fanatic or someone who likes to read about drug cartels. I do like action, but not drug cartel stories. I tried reading The Power of the Dog and realized that it's not my thing. Tim Kearney seems like a stupid guy, however, under pressure and fear for death put him in a position to take control and use his brain. I have to say that this impressed me. This is a good book, Don Winslow is a fantastic storyteller, and I would read other books of his (as long as it's not about drug cartels).
Don Winslow
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard September 12, 2006; Reprint edition August 1, 2012
259 Pages, Hardcover
RATING: 5 Stars
Tim Kearney, a small-time criminal, slits the throat of a Hell's Angel in prison earning him a life sentence and certain death. When offered a chance to impersonate the late Bobby Z- an infamous drug smuggler-so the DEA can swap him for one of their own being held hostage in a drug cartel's compound, he takes the chance. A mix up happens at the exchange in Mexico, and suddenly Tim is in the cartel's lavish home and being treated like royalty. He meets Elizabeth, Bobby's ex and her son. Everything is fine and like a great vacation until bullets fly, and things get bloody. He goes on the run like never before through the vast Mexican desert with everyone dogging his trail. With military training, a keen sense of desert and a good sense of humor, does Tim make it out of this alive with the boy and Elizabeth, or has he signed everyone's death warrant?
RATING: 5 Stars
REVIEW:
From start to finish this book packed action, comedy, and intrigue in it with the stroke of one man's hand. Tim Kearney, a luckless small-time crook, in jail for something stupid, does something he would later regret only to do something that may not even be worth it. Given promises of freedom by the DEA, he goes for this strange arrangement to fall for Bobby's ex and become enchanted by a little boy who has no business being in a cartel house.
Tim left the cartel house when things got bad, and the journey through the Mexican Desert was replete with the accurate descriptions regarding geography and, yes, climate. But the heat is on him, drug lords, angry Hell's Angels, Native trackers, and cops are all on his trail and getting closer by the minute. This story takes several twists, while he tries desperately to stay ahead of the enemies.
I have to admit; this was an unexpected book. I thought I had it all figured out. However, this writer is very good at writing in twists. He is also good at throwing in surprises at the very end. This left me in mystery. I enjoyed that.
WRITING:
The writing exhibited someone of great talent and a strong aptitude for imagination. Something like this came from someone who is very creative. Though I have seen stories about impersonation before, this particular story was different. It did not contain any of the cliche stuff you see on T.V. or in movies. He wrote it so well; I was never bored. His descriptions of Southern California and Mexico were also very well described and designed in such a way that one can see it in their mind.
PLOT:
The story was consistent and flowed well. The plot was thick with action and intrigue. You never knew what was going to happen one page to the next. This is how it should be. Tie this with the subplots and a surprise at the end then you've got a perfect and satisfying ending. I enjoyed this book immensely.
WHAT I LIKED:
I Liked the way everything was designed including characters. Not so much worldbuilding, like in Fantasy, but along those lines. Mr. Winslow made the deserts come alive, and the people seem real. This is a very high point in a story.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
I liked the ending, but I wish it would have had something else to it. It almost seemed as if he got tired of writing the book and said: "oh well, let's just do this." It wasn't bad; it just could have ended better.
OVERALL IMPRESSION:
This is a book that would interest anyone who is an action fanatic or someone who likes to read about drug cartels. I do like action, but not drug cartel stories. I tried reading The Power of the Dog and realized that it's not my thing. Tim Kearney seems like a stupid guy, however, under pressure and fear for death put him in a position to take control and use his brain. I have to say that this impressed me. This is a good book, Don Winslow is a fantastic storyteller, and I would read other books of his (as long as it's not about drug cartels).
January 20, 2020
Fantastic story. Well-written. Well-plotted. Impossible to put down. If you've read Winslow's Savages or The Dawn Patrol, you will gobble this up.
In this story, Winslow takes a number of themes from fifties pulp literature and plays them out against the backdrop of the Laguna Beach surf scene and the desperate border struggles that play out in Southern California's deserts. Here, he takes the idea of a look-alike who can play the part of another person and the man in the run story with half the world's hoods and cops on the chase for him.
Tim Kearney is a three-time loser who manages to kill a Hell's Angel on a prison yard and is now looking at a death sentence except that he looks just like the legendary surfer and drug dealer Bobby Z. He just has to pretend to be Bobby for a bit till an exchange with a Mexican cartel can play out. And, then he can walk off into the sunset. Yeah, right.
Before he knows it Tim is in the crosshairs of his own enemies and Bobby's too and they all want him Dead. Mexican Mafia. Biker gangs. Ex-partners. DEA agents. Etc. and no one believes he is not Bobby.
This book couldn't have been plotted better, taking the reader from the prison yard to castles in the desert to trailer parks on the seashore.
Plenty of action from beginning to end. Just a terrific man on the run story. There are great gun battles and traps and doublecrosses
In this story, Winslow takes a number of themes from fifties pulp literature and plays them out against the backdrop of the Laguna Beach surf scene and the desperate border struggles that play out in Southern California's deserts. Here, he takes the idea of a look-alike who can play the part of another person and the man in the run story with half the world's hoods and cops on the chase for him.
Tim Kearney is a three-time loser who manages to kill a Hell's Angel on a prison yard and is now looking at a death sentence except that he looks just like the legendary surfer and drug dealer Bobby Z. He just has to pretend to be Bobby for a bit till an exchange with a Mexican cartel can play out. And, then he can walk off into the sunset. Yeah, right.
Before he knows it Tim is in the crosshairs of his own enemies and Bobby's too and they all want him Dead. Mexican Mafia. Biker gangs. Ex-partners. DEA agents. Etc. and no one believes he is not Bobby.
This book couldn't have been plotted better, taking the reader from the prison yard to castles in the desert to trailer parks on the seashore.
Plenty of action from beginning to end. Just a terrific man on the run story. There are great gun battles and traps and doublecrosses
April 27, 2025
Gracias Don Winslow por rescatarme otra vez.
Estupenda novela "policíaca" con todos los ingredientes necesarios para pasar un par de tardes leyendo y en mi caso, animarme a retomar la lectura.
Estupenda novela "policíaca" con todos los ingredientes necesarios para pasar un par de tardes leyendo y en mi caso, animarme a retomar la lectura.
November 28, 2012
Losers don't get dreams, losers have to settle for real life
And Tim Kearney is your quintessential loser in Don Winslow's relentless, fast-paced noir thriller.
Bobby Z is a Laguna Beach legend; surfer, drug dealer, all round cool guy and as it happens has a doppelganger in three time felon and dishonourably discharged marine Tim Kearney. DEA agents want to utilise Kearney's looks to fool a Mexican drug cartel but nothing goes to plan for anyone in the ensuing cross country flight/blood bath.
With Bobby Z Winslow takes some typical genre tropes of the classic film noir period, merged them with some classic hard-boiled prose and updated the whole lot for 21st century readers. His plotting is so brilliantly convoluted and reliant on many a deus ex machina that Chandler himself would be proud of and his characters so wildly improbably that true fans of the genre are guaranteed to revel in their behaviour. The speed at which the narrative is developed is phenomenal, this is highlighted several times as Tim keeps taking time out to breath, calm down, think things through, whilst in lesser works this might serve to actually slow the novel down; in this case it merely drives the plot onwards even more relentlessly, in a similar style to Duane Swierczynski's breakneck pace.
Winslow makes a habit of all of this, you can pick up any one of his books and find the same enthusiasm for and appreciation of his genre roots, which readers reactions cannot help but reflect. I challenge anyone to read something as unashamedly giddy as a Winslow novel and not be incredibly happy that they are sharing the authors delight.
The content is admittedly dark and gruesome at times but this balances out with many light hearted moments distributed liberally throughout the story and a relationship between Bobby Z and a six year old boy that works as a wonderful Thelma & Louise type buddy journey, a vehicle for growth in the protagonist and a chance to lighten the mood at just the right moments with some charming observations from the author.
Winslow's/Kearney's voice in this one was incredibly reminiscent of Huston's/Web's in The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death; these likeable loser characters are both relatively normal people thrust in to extraordinary situations and dealing with them in a manner that suits their well written background stories, the kind of believability that you just don't find in your typical populous unit-shifting genre fare. Just one more reason why both these authors are at the very forefront of modern noir writing.
They made a movie of this, it stars Paul Walker and Morpheus. I'm scared to watch it. I just can't imagine anybody having read this wonderful novel, understood its intentions and then thought to themselves that PAUL WALKER!!!!!! could be Tim Kearney. Sure the guy is supposed to be a bit of a surfer but not a wooden piece of wood with no range like the awful Walker is in every movie he is ever in. Sadly it looks as though it will be yet another notch in the disaster column for Don Winslow movie adaptations.
And Tim Kearney is your quintessential loser in Don Winslow's relentless, fast-paced noir thriller.
Bobby Z is a Laguna Beach legend; surfer, drug dealer, all round cool guy and as it happens has a doppelganger in three time felon and dishonourably discharged marine Tim Kearney. DEA agents want to utilise Kearney's looks to fool a Mexican drug cartel but nothing goes to plan for anyone in the ensuing cross country flight/blood bath.
With Bobby Z Winslow takes some typical genre tropes of the classic film noir period, merged them with some classic hard-boiled prose and updated the whole lot for 21st century readers. His plotting is so brilliantly convoluted and reliant on many a deus ex machina that Chandler himself would be proud of and his characters so wildly improbably that true fans of the genre are guaranteed to revel in their behaviour. The speed at which the narrative is developed is phenomenal, this is highlighted several times as Tim keeps taking time out to breath, calm down, think things through, whilst in lesser works this might serve to actually slow the novel down; in this case it merely drives the plot onwards even more relentlessly, in a similar style to Duane Swierczynski's breakneck pace.
Winslow makes a habit of all of this, you can pick up any one of his books and find the same enthusiasm for and appreciation of his genre roots, which readers reactions cannot help but reflect. I challenge anyone to read something as unashamedly giddy as a Winslow novel and not be incredibly happy that they are sharing the authors delight.
The content is admittedly dark and gruesome at times but this balances out with many light hearted moments distributed liberally throughout the story and a relationship between Bobby Z and a six year old boy that works as a wonderful Thelma & Louise type buddy journey, a vehicle for growth in the protagonist and a chance to lighten the mood at just the right moments with some charming observations from the author.
Winslow's/Kearney's voice in this one was incredibly reminiscent of Huston's/Web's in The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death; these likeable loser characters are both relatively normal people thrust in to extraordinary situations and dealing with them in a manner that suits their well written background stories, the kind of believability that you just don't find in your typical populous unit-shifting genre fare. Just one more reason why both these authors are at the very forefront of modern noir writing.
They made a movie of this, it stars Paul Walker and Morpheus. I'm scared to watch it. I just can't imagine anybody having read this wonderful novel, understood its intentions and then thought to themselves that PAUL WALKER!!!!!! could be Tim Kearney. Sure the guy is supposed to be a bit of a surfer but not a wooden piece of wood with no range like the awful Walker is in every movie he is ever in. Sadly it looks as though it will be yet another notch in the disaster column for Don Winslow movie adaptations.
January 2, 2014
The Death and Life of Bobby Z is the book that started Don Winslow on his “drugs in Laguna” series, which isn’t actually a series as much as an attitude and state of mind that led eventually to Savages and its prequel.
Tim Kearney is a three-time loser who gets fished out of a certain-death trip back to prison by a DEA agent who gives him an offer he can’t refuse: impersonate legendary Laguna Beach dope dealer Bobby Z and let himself get traded to a Mexican drug cartel in exchange for a kidnapped DEA agent. I probably don’t have to mention that things go horribly wrong, and eventually much of both sides of the law in Southern California want Tim dead.
Bobby Z seems to be the first appearance of what has now become the “Don Winslow voice” – crazy, slangy, attitudinal, and profane. His previous efforts (the Neal Carey mysteries) appear to be much more conventional and comparatively sedate. The characters change names but have become standards in this “series” – the loser hero, the cool-girl goddess, the psychotic killers, the megawealthy dope dealers, the massively bent cops. Here they’re in their prototype form, a little rough around the edges but still entertaining. Serial screwup though he may be, Tim works out as a pretty okay guy to hang with. The dialog (external and internal) is on the mark, the settings filled in enough to picture in the film version. The prose goes down easy and fast.
As you’d expect for the start of a new adventure, not everything goes together as well as it will down the road. Here the problem is mostly one of plotting, in that too much of it hinges on coincidence or dumb luck. Tim tends to catch all the breaks and the bad guys hardly any, which can get annoying after a while. Also, Winslow hadn’t yet started imbuing his supporting characters with the same level of humanity as his lead; probably the most vivid secondary player is a six-year-old boy.
Winslow had six novels under his belt when he wrote Bobby Z, but with it he radically changes not only his style but milieu (both in fiction and in fact; he moved from New York to California before he wrote it). That’s a hard trick to pull off in any context, and it seems almost churlish to fault him for bobbling it. I’d give this three and a half if we had half-stars, but we don’t, so I’m rounding down to three in fairness to the later works. If you haven’t read Winslow before, start with Savages or Dawn Patrol and backtrack; if you have, then go for it and see where those other books came from.
Tim Kearney is a three-time loser who gets fished out of a certain-death trip back to prison by a DEA agent who gives him an offer he can’t refuse: impersonate legendary Laguna Beach dope dealer Bobby Z and let himself get traded to a Mexican drug cartel in exchange for a kidnapped DEA agent. I probably don’t have to mention that things go horribly wrong, and eventually much of both sides of the law in Southern California want Tim dead.
Bobby Z seems to be the first appearance of what has now become the “Don Winslow voice” – crazy, slangy, attitudinal, and profane. His previous efforts (the Neal Carey mysteries) appear to be much more conventional and comparatively sedate. The characters change names but have become standards in this “series” – the loser hero, the cool-girl goddess, the psychotic killers, the megawealthy dope dealers, the massively bent cops. Here they’re in their prototype form, a little rough around the edges but still entertaining. Serial screwup though he may be, Tim works out as a pretty okay guy to hang with. The dialog (external and internal) is on the mark, the settings filled in enough to picture in the film version. The prose goes down easy and fast.
As you’d expect for the start of a new adventure, not everything goes together as well as it will down the road. Here the problem is mostly one of plotting, in that too much of it hinges on coincidence or dumb luck. Tim tends to catch all the breaks and the bad guys hardly any, which can get annoying after a while. Also, Winslow hadn’t yet started imbuing his supporting characters with the same level of humanity as his lead; probably the most vivid secondary player is a six-year-old boy.
Winslow had six novels under his belt when he wrote Bobby Z, but with it he radically changes not only his style but milieu (both in fiction and in fact; he moved from New York to California before he wrote it). That’s a hard trick to pull off in any context, and it seems almost churlish to fault him for bobbling it. I’d give this three and a half if we had half-stars, but we don’t, so I’m rounding down to three in fairness to the later works. If you haven’t read Winslow before, start with Savages or Dawn Patrol and backtrack; if you have, then go for it and see where those other books came from.
December 29, 2025
Winslow's debut novel was fantastic. Fast paced, stylized prose of the short, snappy variety, a compelling story and several plausible plot twists at the end. This author has yet to miss for me.
January 30, 2020
In style, a terrific hearkening to Christopher Brookmyre and Donald Westlake: hilarious & punchy as well as grim, leaning toward the former. Also, the book is lean in a great Ross McDonald kind of way (plus there's that SoCal setting), although admittedly it's completely different in tone. I could have done w/o the graphic sex scenes. Such scenes don't bother me when they're instrumental to the plot, but just like anything else that is a dead alley in a book, they're annoying, and if it's a sex scene and it's unnecessary and gratuitous, then it just feels like a cheap way to shoehorn in some porn. Yeah, whatever, but totally unnecessary here b/c everything else in this book - story, quality of the writing, characters - totally rocks.
October 10, 2021
Spurred on by Winslow's short story book I decided to check some of his older stuff and realized I had not read this. Given his ability to plot twisty, curvy often complicated tales, I decided to give it a run. The main protagonist is sitting in prison and approached with a proposition. He looks enough like a drug dealer who is recently deceased to be used in a trade for a DEA agent and after the trade takes place he will be released. Given that he recently killed one of the heavies in prison and is looking over his shoulder every moment, he is amenable to the idea.
So, after extensive training in the ways of Bobby Z, off he goes for the hand-off. What could go wrong?
Tragic in places, funny in some, keeps you guessing. Pretty much typical Winslow and an interesting read.
So, after extensive training in the ways of Bobby Z, off he goes for the hand-off. What could go wrong?
Tragic in places, funny in some, keeps you guessing. Pretty much typical Winslow and an interesting read.
August 15, 2021
Tim Kearney es un perdedor, campeón mundial del fracaso, pero cuando tiene que suplantar a Bobby Z, se le abre un mundo lleno de posibilidades.
Moteros del sur de California, mexicanos con sed de venganza, indios rastreadores, droga, surf, desierto... Todo eso en poco menos de 300 páginas.
He oído mucho, muchísimo, hablar de este autor y sé que su obra cumbre es "El poder del perro", pero quería empezar por esta novela, una de sus primeras obras, y he de reconocer que me gusta su estilo. El mayor peso se lo llevan los diálogos que son buenísimos. Es ágil, con un ritmo endiablado, capítulos cortos y mucho humor ácido con grandes dosis de acción.
Don Winslow pasa a estar en mi lista de favoritos de este año.
Moteros del sur de California, mexicanos con sed de venganza, indios rastreadores, droga, surf, desierto... Todo eso en poco menos de 300 páginas.
He oído mucho, muchísimo, hablar de este autor y sé que su obra cumbre es "El poder del perro", pero quería empezar por esta novela, una de sus primeras obras, y he de reconocer que me gusta su estilo. El mayor peso se lo llevan los diálogos que son buenísimos. Es ágil, con un ritmo endiablado, capítulos cortos y mucho humor ácido con grandes dosis de acción.
Don Winslow pasa a estar en mi lista de favoritos de este año.
November 30, 2025
De vez en cuando toca volver a Winslow para disfrutar de su estilo “noir”: libros desenfadados, violentos y llenos de carisma. Aunque la narración es ágil y el libro se lee rápido por su corta extensión, sus personajes están bastante estereotipados y recuerdan mucho a otros que ya he leído del autor, lo que hace su desenlace muy previsible. Aun así, resulta entretenido, especialmente si eres seguidor de Winslow.
December 30, 2013
-Noir desde el puro entretenimiento.-
Género. Novela.
Lo que nos cuenta. Cuando el ex marine y delincuente de medio pelo Tim Kearney mata en prisión a un Ángel del Infierno, en lugar de empeorar su condena termina por entrar en un plan de la DEA que implica que Tim se haga pasar por el legendario narcotraficante Bobby Z (con el que guarda un increíble parecido) para infiltrarse en una peligrosa y poderosa organización en la que hasta ahora no se han tenido éxitos policiales.
¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers? Visite:
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Género. Novela.
Lo que nos cuenta. Cuando el ex marine y delincuente de medio pelo Tim Kearney mata en prisión a un Ángel del Infierno, en lugar de empeorar su condena termina por entrar en un plan de la DEA que implica que Tim se haga pasar por el legendario narcotraficante Bobby Z (con el que guarda un increíble parecido) para infiltrarse en una peligrosa y poderosa organización en la que hasta ahora no se han tenido éxitos policiales.
¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers? Visite:
http://librosdeolethros.blogspot.com/...
December 30, 2013
-Noir desde el puro entretenimiento.-
Género. Novela.
Lo que nos cuenta. Cuando el ex marine y delincuente de medio pelo Tim Kearney mata en prisión a un Ángel del Infierno, en lugar de empeorar su condena termina por entrar en un plan de la DEA que implica que Tim se haga pasar por el legendario narcotraficante Bobby Z (con el que guarda un increíble parecido) para infiltrarse en una peligrosa y poderosa organización en la que hasta ahora no se han tenido éxitos policiales.
¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers? Visite:
http://librosdeolethros.blogspot.com/...
Género. Novela.
Lo que nos cuenta. Cuando el ex marine y delincuente de medio pelo Tim Kearney mata en prisión a un Ángel del Infierno, en lugar de empeorar su condena termina por entrar en un plan de la DEA que implica que Tim se haga pasar por el legendario narcotraficante Bobby Z (con el que guarda un increíble parecido) para infiltrarse en una peligrosa y poderosa organización en la que hasta ahora no se han tenido éxitos policiales.
¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers? Visite:
http://librosdeolethros.blogspot.com/...
July 30, 2022
Me ha encantado. Es como una montaña rusa pero solo con velocidad ascendente. Genial me encanta este escritor, todo lo que leído de el me ha gustado mucho. 10/10
July 9, 2020
I've been a fan of Don Winslow for some time now, having begun with his more recent novels. The Death and Life of Bobby Z was (possibly) his first novel and, as such, shows some rough around the edges characteristics. Nevertheless, it possesses all the earmarks of a Winslow work-- gritty, fast paced action and plot development, populated by deeply flawed, yet somehow memorable and, dare I say, lovable characters. Dialogue is punchy and direct, lending depth to the reading experience.
The story revolves around a three time loser named Tim Kearney, a convicted felon in prison who finds himself presented with an "offer he can't refuse" from a rather unscrupulous DEA agent. Seems our boy Tim is the spittin' image of a legendary drug smuggler called "Bobby Z" and with some preparation, the DEA can trade this imposter for a captured agent in a shady exchange at the Mexico border.
But as readers of Winslow know, that won't come off as planned, and before too long, Kearney is running from drug lords, Hell's Angels, a tough-as-nails cowboy and his native tracker, as well as the DEA. Oh, and in case you're bored by such predicaments, he's got a six year old boy who is the real Bobby Z's illegitimate son in tow, saving the lovable little guy from a rather unsavory cast of degenerates. It's complicated.
Of course it is. That's what makes this, and most all of Winslow's novels, so damned engaging. This one has more than its share of over-the-top scenarios in which credulity has been seemingly banned, but forgiving that, it adds up to a very entertaining and touching novel. If you're a Winslow fan, be sure to include this one.
The story revolves around a three time loser named Tim Kearney, a convicted felon in prison who finds himself presented with an "offer he can't refuse" from a rather unscrupulous DEA agent. Seems our boy Tim is the spittin' image of a legendary drug smuggler called "Bobby Z" and with some preparation, the DEA can trade this imposter for a captured agent in a shady exchange at the Mexico border.
But as readers of Winslow know, that won't come off as planned, and before too long, Kearney is running from drug lords, Hell's Angels, a tough-as-nails cowboy and his native tracker, as well as the DEA. Oh, and in case you're bored by such predicaments, he's got a six year old boy who is the real Bobby Z's illegitimate son in tow, saving the lovable little guy from a rather unsavory cast of degenerates. It's complicated.
Of course it is. That's what makes this, and most all of Winslow's novels, so damned engaging. This one has more than its share of over-the-top scenarios in which credulity has been seemingly banned, but forgiving that, it adds up to a very entertaining and touching novel. If you're a Winslow fan, be sure to include this one.
June 29, 2011
This was the 2nd book I've read by Don Winslow and I'm already thinking about what book of his to read next! His books are just so much fun to read, with crazy plots, wild characters, lots of action, suspense and violence, but with just enough humor to make light of the "heavy" and the "dark".
In this story, a small town criminal, Tim Kearney, gets a life sentence for slitting the throat of a Hell's Angel, while in jail. The DEA makes Tim an offer to impersonate a well known drug smuggler, known as Bobby Z, so that the DEA can trade Tim for DEA agent who's been captured by a major Mexican drug king. So Tim accepts the offer and you'll have to read the book to find out anything else. Believe me, the plot unfolds at record speed with cops, robbers, indians, women, kids, bikers, and even a mystic! To top it all off is Don Winslow's writing. Without it, this would just be one of the thousands of books out there that incorporate all these things. But Winslow's writing is what makes this a one-of-a-kind great novel.
In this story, a small town criminal, Tim Kearney, gets a life sentence for slitting the throat of a Hell's Angel, while in jail. The DEA makes Tim an offer to impersonate a well known drug smuggler, known as Bobby Z, so that the DEA can trade Tim for DEA agent who's been captured by a major Mexican drug king. So Tim accepts the offer and you'll have to read the book to find out anything else. Believe me, the plot unfolds at record speed with cops, robbers, indians, women, kids, bikers, and even a mystic! To top it all off is Don Winslow's writing. Without it, this would just be one of the thousands of books out there that incorporate all these things. But Winslow's writing is what makes this a one-of-a-kind great novel.
January 9, 2014
Winslow sets up an interesting premise from the start, and stuffing the book full of crazy characters puts me in mind of what might have happened had Elmore Leonard and Christopher Moore collaborated on a SoCal story. Funny, thrilling, and wild, but with a slightly gooey center for the saps in all of us.
March 22, 2013
This is a fast-paced, action packed, funny read...with even time for some touching moments. I can see why this was made into a movie, because it sure had that movie pace. The legend of Bobby Z was a wild ride.
March 25, 2012
It is obvious to me Don Winslow has far too many muses flitting around his shoulders. Come one Don, leave some good stories for others to tell. You shouldn't get all the glory.
January 30, 2019
A crooked cop, a duplicitous dame, and a host of hardcore Hell's Angels and hitmen are but some of the obstacles facing the felonious and ferocious doppelganger of the legendary Bobby Z in this pulse pounding pulp thriller. That's what I got out of it, anyway.
July 31, 2012
A fun, fizzy thriller that starts off at a gallop and rarely lets up the pace. Tim Kearney, a decorated Marine with a serious impulse control problem, is serving some serious prison time when he kills a biker who'd threatened him. Now he's facing certain death inside prison from the biker's pals. So a DEA agent offers him a deal: Impersonate a legendary drug dealer whom he resembles, enabling the DEA to trade him to a Mexican drug lord in exchange for a captured DEA agent. After that he's free to go.
But the exchange goes horribly awry and Kearney, in the guise of uber-cool California surfing/pot-dealing legend Bobby Z, winds up on the run through the Mexican desert with Bobby Z's six-year-old son in tow.
The writing is sharp and funny as ever with Winslow's work, and the relationship between Kearney and little Kit is nicely rendered. There are some interesting twists to the plot as more and more bad guys join the hunt for Kearney/Z, sometimes tripping over (and killing) each other.
The biggest weakness in the book is the lead female character, a woman named Elizabeth who prefers to be called a "courtesan" rather than what she really is. As in his deeper, longer drug-dealer novel "The Power of the Dog," she serves little purpose except for a dash of exposition and a lot of slobbery sex writing. She doesn't even serve as a fulcrum for the plot, as in the sleeker, more violent thriller "Savages." Now that I've read a lot of Winslow's thrillers, I have to say that his strongest female character is the female deputy in "California Fire & Life," and I surely wish he'd try writing a book where the main female character at least shares the heavy lifting with the macho man lead.
But maybe I'm thinking too hard about a book that doesn't really require you to do more than just grab hold and hang on tight until the last loop-de-loop.
But the exchange goes horribly awry and Kearney, in the guise of uber-cool California surfing/pot-dealing legend Bobby Z, winds up on the run through the Mexican desert with Bobby Z's six-year-old son in tow.
The writing is sharp and funny as ever with Winslow's work, and the relationship between Kearney and little Kit is nicely rendered. There are some interesting twists to the plot as more and more bad guys join the hunt for Kearney/Z, sometimes tripping over (and killing) each other.
The biggest weakness in the book is the lead female character, a woman named Elizabeth who prefers to be called a "courtesan" rather than what she really is. As in his deeper, longer drug-dealer novel "The Power of the Dog," she serves little purpose except for a dash of exposition and a lot of slobbery sex writing. She doesn't even serve as a fulcrum for the plot, as in the sleeker, more violent thriller "Savages." Now that I've read a lot of Winslow's thrillers, I have to say that his strongest female character is the female deputy in "California Fire & Life," and I surely wish he'd try writing a book where the main female character at least shares the heavy lifting with the macho man lead.
But maybe I'm thinking too hard about a book that doesn't really require you to do more than just grab hold and hang on tight until the last loop-de-loop.
May 25, 2016
Lifelong loser Tim Kearney looks an awful like legendary drug smuggler Bobby Z. Tim has temper, a tough luck streak, absolutely nothing going for him, and crosshairs on his head. Bobby Z is laid back, cool, and tough. The DEA needs Tim to act as an imposter for a prisoner exchange with a powerful cartel. A la Kegemusha. Chaos descends upon the exchange and Tim must flee as the cool Bobby Z.
After being mildly disappointed with Savages and blown away by Power of the Dog, I wasn't sure what to think of Winslow. I went into Bobby Z with low expectations figuring that Power of the Dog was perhaps a one hit wonder. I was wrong. Winslow has got some chops. He combines cool characters with hip prose. His unconventional style makes the pages fly as the reader becomes engrossed in Bobby Z's survival on the run. At times Bobby Z feels like it was written for frat boys who like to say "like" and "Bro Chi Minh" but it dawned on me that this is part of Winslow's message. Some of the bad guys are yuppies and too cool for school. These characters do not get as many pages as the flawed main character or a shady-assed DEA agent. For me, Winslow is mocking society by saying these douchebags may run the show for a while but will fold like hot laundry when confronted by outside forces like the Hell's Angels or two bit convicts.
Like Power of the Dog, Bobby Z has a spiritual side to it. Power of the Dog focused on losing faith whereas Bobby Z deals with prophecy and salvation. Witnessing Tim's transformation, along with Bobby Z's, shapes the narrative and forces the reader to sympathize. These sort of antiheroes are the best to read about.
If you're looking for some clever writing and thrilling action, look no further. Bobby Z will scratch the itch for crime enthusiasts who appreciate new voices and those who enjoy classic formulas.
After being mildly disappointed with Savages and blown away by Power of the Dog, I wasn't sure what to think of Winslow. I went into Bobby Z with low expectations figuring that Power of the Dog was perhaps a one hit wonder. I was wrong. Winslow has got some chops. He combines cool characters with hip prose. His unconventional style makes the pages fly as the reader becomes engrossed in Bobby Z's survival on the run. At times Bobby Z feels like it was written for frat boys who like to say "like" and "Bro Chi Minh" but it dawned on me that this is part of Winslow's message. Some of the bad guys are yuppies and too cool for school. These characters do not get as many pages as the flawed main character or a shady-assed DEA agent. For me, Winslow is mocking society by saying these douchebags may run the show for a while but will fold like hot laundry when confronted by outside forces like the Hell's Angels or two bit convicts.
Like Power of the Dog, Bobby Z has a spiritual side to it. Power of the Dog focused on losing faith whereas Bobby Z deals with prophecy and salvation. Witnessing Tim's transformation, along with Bobby Z's, shapes the narrative and forces the reader to sympathize. These sort of antiheroes are the best to read about.
If you're looking for some clever writing and thrilling action, look no further. Bobby Z will scratch the itch for crime enthusiasts who appreciate new voices and those who enjoy classic formulas.
March 12, 2013
After reading Windslow's Dawn Patrol and Savages, anything that this author writes has my attention. It was written in 97 and probably was at a earlier period in his career. Definitely a fun read, but not quite up to the realism of the former two books mentioned.
The plot device is a familiar rehash of a three time loser in prison who is offered his freedom to impersonate a big time drug dealer who has supposedly died. The dialogue is filled with the right blend of racism and street sense to make for the good and realistic part of the read. The sex is not too bad either, but somehow the book never rises above the level of an improbable plot. It doesn't help my sense of realism to have been out in the Anza desert at least once a month (except the summer). Also, the mountain lodge is a place that we take a break each week while mountain biking. I shouldn't hold that against a fiction author, but oh well!
The plot device is a familiar rehash of a three time loser in prison who is offered his freedom to impersonate a big time drug dealer who has supposedly died. The dialogue is filled with the right blend of racism and street sense to make for the good and realistic part of the read. The sex is not too bad either, but somehow the book never rises above the level of an improbable plot. It doesn't help my sense of realism to have been out in the Anza desert at least once a month (except the summer). Also, the mountain lodge is a place that we take a break each week while mountain biking. I shouldn't hold that against a fiction author, but oh well!
December 8, 2009
Big, goofy fun. Silly and violent. This book hits the ground running and never lets up. To the point of complete and utter ridiculousness, but still a stunning achievement in terms of just pace.
I'm sure if I looked at the blurbs on the back, they would include such words as: "adrenalin" or "whiplash" or "non-stop thrill ride". All of which describe the story.
Ask me in a couple of weeks, and I'll probably remember the smile on my face as I read the book more than the book itself. But I will remember the smile. And that's a credit to the book.
I'm sure if I looked at the blurbs on the back, they would include such words as: "adrenalin" or "whiplash" or "non-stop thrill ride". All of which describe the story.
Ask me in a couple of weeks, and I'll probably remember the smile on my face as I read the book more than the book itself. But I will remember the smile. And that's a credit to the book.
September 28, 2012
It was nice to see that Winslow can write without all chill-bro dudeness that worked so well in the Dawn Patrol books and went so terribly wrong in Savages. There are still some 'like, totally rad' Winslowisms, but he strikes a nice balance in Bobby Z. I really dug it, but I might just be a sucker for the touching Tim/Kit relationship. Winslow is very good at creating characters that you really care about, which helps make memorable stories out of yarns that would otherwise be too light and throwaway.
Except in Savages. Everything about that was awful.
Except in Savages. Everything about that was awful.
February 21, 2016
Action packed fast read. Oldschool action with guns blazing and bodies flying. Sex and violence packed with dreams of good life for would be loosers. Fast and furious fun! I'm glad I picked up this book.
October 9, 2018
Who could pull off an impersonation of a drug dealer few have seen in person with a fuck-up ex-Marine who hasn't forgotten some of the skills the Corps taught him. Well, Tim Kearney.
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