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Armitage Trail

    Armitage Trail fu uno scrittore di romanzi polizieschi americano, noto soprattutto per il suo romanzo Scarface. La sua opera esplorò in modo incisivo il mondo criminale e l'ascesa di figure gangsteristiche, caratterizzata da un crudo realismo e una narrazione avvincente. Trail si concentrò sulla psicologia dei personaggi e sulle dinamiche di potere all'interno della criminalità organizzata, affermandosi come una voce significativa nel genere.

    Der 13. Gast
    Bloomsbury Film Classics: Scarface
    Scarface
    • Scarface

      • 150pagine
      • 6 ore di lettura

      The narrative centers on Tony Guarino, whose tough upbringing in Chicago shapes his ambition to escape poverty and rise in the criminal underworld. Influenced by a culture that idolizes gangsters, he embarks on a violent path, beginning with the assassination of gang boss Al Spingola at just eighteen. As Tony ascends to power, he grapples with the dualities of wealth and danger, ultimately illustrating the perilous consequences of a life steeped in violence and a rigid code of honor.

      Scarface
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    • Bloomsbury Film Classics: Scarface

      • 186pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      Tony Guarino grew up in the hard world of the bar and the poolroom, where every gangster was a hero and every cop an enemy. Only the tough made it. When he was just eighteen, he killed Al Spingola, gang boss and ruthless slayer, and was catapulted into notoriety and fame, but that was to be just the beginning of his rise to dominance.

      Bloomsbury Film Classics: Scarface
    • Der 13. Gast

      • 240pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      Marie Morgan wird mit einem gefälschten Brief in ein altes, unheimliches Haus gelockt – das Haus ihre Großvaters, der dreizehn Jahre früher dort starb, während einer Dinner-Party für dreizehn Gäste, von denen indessen nur zwölf erschienen sind. Dreizehn Jahre hat Mary darauf gewartet, dass das Testament ihres Großvaters eröffnet wird ... und plötzlich ermordet jemand die zwölf vor dreizehn Jahren anwesenden Gäste der Reihe nach und platziert die Leichen in der ursprünglichen Sitzordnung in dem alten Haus ...

      Der 13. Gast