Book Overview
Jack McMorrow is a former New York Times reporter who has opted for the quiet life of rural Maine. But this is a Maine the tourists never see. Here you won't find any pretty postcards of the rock-bound coast, only the grittiness of broken-down towns and families trying to survive. McMorrow himself is still trying to figure out whether he can or wants to do more with his life than keep the refrigerator stocked with beer. Then an old friend contacts...
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0425151824
ISBN13:9780425151822
Release Date:March 1996
Publisher:Berkley Books
Length:336 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 4.2" x 6.7"
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Contemporary Fiction Hard-Boiled Literature & Fiction Mystery Mystery, Thriller & SuspenseCustomer Reviews
2 ratings
Almost really great
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Mr. Boyle is a talented writer with a flair for detail. And in Jack McMorrow, he has created a character I care about and relate to. I appreciate the way the tension builds on a slow upward grade to a clash at the end in both this novel and in his first McMorrow effort, 'Deadline.' All the while, Boyle paints a vivid picture of New England that makes me long to live there. Having concocted such a likable protagonist as McMorrow, however, Boyle tends to let him sit in rather the same fashion the owner of an expensive car keeps it off the road for fear of damaging it. Tightening up his plots and giving his characters a little more to do, would to my mind, make Mr. Boyle's fiction worthy of more 5 star, instead of 4 star reviews.
Enthralling and exciting
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
A great book and a great guy. Our Home town hero
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