作品情報
フロリダの湿った空気のなかで、法廷、犯罪者、保護観察官の思惑が鋭く交差する。
レナード後期の代表的な犯罪小説の一つ。偏屈な判事、彼を取り巻く犯罪者、そして事態に巻き込まれる保護観察官を配し、暴力の気配とコミカルな会話を同じ画面に置く。テレビドラマ化もされた作品である。
レビュー要約
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暗い題材を扱いながらも、テンポ、会話、皮肉の効いた語りが物語を推進する点が高く評価されている。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Delacorte Press
- 発売日
- 1991-08-01
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 16.51 x 2.54 x 24.13 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780385304566
- ISBN-10
- 0385304560
- 価格
- 6611 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Mystery & Thrillers/Mystery
Enter the world of Elmore Leonard. The setting is Palm Beach County, Florida, where someone places a live ten-foot alligator in the backyard of the bigoted, redneck judge Bob Gibbs--known to all as Maximum Bob--and his wife, Leanne, a former Weeki Wachee mermaid. Not long after that, shots are fired into the judge's house. It doesn't take much figuring to conclude that someone's out to get him and that malefactor isn't going to stop at the second try. There's a long list of suspects: Dale Crowe, who just got an outrageous sentence for a minor crime; his uncle Elvin, a killer on parole, raring to go again; Dr. Tommy Vasco, the drugged out former medical doctor; his equally bizarre friend, Hector; and Dicky Campau, who makes a living poaching alligators. And there are others. Somehow Kathy Baker, a nifty young probation officer, has got herself in the middle of all this. She's got to avoid two seducers--the judge and a homicidal maniac--and work with a young police officer who interests her for more than professional reasons. Trying to pick out from his assortment of bad guys, sociopaths, and punks the one who's trying to kill the judge is pure entertainment, as only Elmore Leonard, with his ear for the sound and eye for the sight of lowlife, can provide. From the Trade Paperback edition.
レビュー
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Weirdly over the top.
A bui too long, characters disappear..
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Great book
I purchased a "used - like new" copy and boy was it. Great condition, no creases or dog-earred pages, no significant marks on the cover, etc. And it's a pretty good read so far, like most Leonard books.
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The Master
Just so cool, classic Leonard. Great dialogue and characters, I’m jealous of anyone yet to read him, simply the best crime writer
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livre d'accasion
excellent rapport qualité prix et il est arrive rapidement . cette expédition répond à mes attentes et sa lecture est tout à fait plaisante
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Maximum Leonard
Elmore Leonard could really write crime capers that kept the reader in thrall. His books were quick reads but never less than well written and addictive. This one will certainly be to the taste of any fan of crime fiction.
関連する文学賞
- ハメット賞 第1回（1991年） ・受賞