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Lionel Walk, better known as Train, is a young black caddy at an elite Los Angeles golf course, where he comes to know a police detective he calls 'The Mile-Away Man'. Norah Still is unwillingly at the centre of a criminal investigation, as the only survivor of an attempted boat hijacking Sergeant Miller Packard - Train's 'Mile-Away Man' - is in charge of the case and, as he quietly manages the crime scene, he finds himself drawn to the beautiful widow. As Train leaves his job to become a golf hustler, managed by Packard, the three are drawn into an uneasy triangle-Pete Dexter's remarkable new novel brings to life the most violent and tender impulses of his characters as they struggle to come to terms with the difference between a gift and a passion, between their abilities and their desires.
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Train, Pete Dexter
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- Pubblicato
- 2004
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- Titolo
- Train
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Pete Dexter
- Editore
- Random House
- Pubblicato
- 2004
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0099469316
- ISBN13
- 9780099469315
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Gialli & Thriller, Gialli, Thriller, Narrativa contemporanea, Tensione, USA, Letteratura Americana, Società, Detective, Razza, Razzismo, Denaro, Noir, Anni '50 del XX secolo, Poliziotti, Los Angeles, Golf
- Titolo originale
- Train
- Valutazione
- 3,9 su 5
- Descrizione
- Lionel Walk, better known as Train, is a young black caddy at an elite Los Angeles golf course, where he comes to know a police detective he calls 'The Mile-Away Man'. Norah Still is unwillingly at the centre of a criminal investigation, as the only survivor of an attempted boat hijacking Sergeant Miller Packard - Train's 'Mile-Away Man' - is in charge of the case and, as he quietly manages the crime scene, he finds himself drawn to the beautiful widow. As Train leaves his job to become a golf hustler, managed by Packard, the three are drawn into an uneasy triangle-Pete Dexter's remarkable new novel brings to life the most violent and tender impulses of his characters as they struggle to come to terms with the difference between a gift and a passion, between their abilities and their desires.