Camino Island

290, pagine

lingua English

Pubblicato il 2017

ISBN:
978-1-4736-6373-2
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Numero OCLC:
972796114

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Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in the black market of stolen books and manuscripts. Mercer Mann is a young novelist with a severe case of writer's block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position. She is approached by an elegant, mysterious woman working for an even more mysterious company. A generous offer of money convinces Mercer to go undercover and infiltrate Bruce Cable's circle of literary friends, ideally getting close enough to him to learn his secrets. But eventually Mercer learns far too much.

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ha recensito Camino Island di John Grisham (Camino series)

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This book is a rare joy - a novel about books and writers (and, well yes, thieves, and insurance agencies and FBI - and a "lousy spy" - that's simply realistic and adorable). I loved the reading more than the plot (that's nice and solid, but I loved the dialogues between the characters so much more) and it's the reason I give "only" four stars to such an enjoyable story.
Not sure it can be good enough for all Grisham's hardcore fan (the legal part is minimal) - but I can't help but suggest every one of you to read this book.

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Valuta

Argomenti

  • Bookstores
  • Fiction
  • Antiquarian booksellers

Luoghi

  • Florida