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Righteous de Joe Ide

Righteous

Autor Joe Ide
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 sep 2018

În Righteous, tensiunea nu se naște doar din gloanțele rătăcite pe străzile din Las Vegas, ci din coliziunea brutală dintre intelectul rece al lui Isaiah Quintabe și flacăra nestinsă a unei răzbunări vechi de un deceniu. Remarcăm cum Joe Ide transformă doliul într-un motor narativ, forțându-și protagonistul să părăsească siguranța relativă din East Long Beach pentru a înfrunta fantomele trecutului. Cei care au parcurs IQ de Joe Ide vor fi pregătiți pentru o evoluție surprinzătoare a personajului: geniul deductiv nu mai este doar un observator detașat, ci un om a cărui stabilitate psihică depinde direct de rezolvarea asasinatului fratelui său, Marcus. Suntem de părere că această continuare reușește să păstreze echilibrul fragil între umorul caustic al lui Dodson și atmosfera sumbră a unui roman polițist modern. Dacă în The Goodbye Coast autorul aducea un omagiu stilului lui Raymond Chandler, aici el consolidează un univers propriu unde spiritul lui Sherlock Holmes supraviețuiește în decoruri urbane dure. Ritmul este dictat de o cursă contra cronometru în care mizele sunt duble: salvarea unei tinere DJ urmărite de triade și păstrarea integrității morale în fața unui adversar care se dovedește a fi oglinda malefică a lui Isaiah. Stilul este tăios, iar structura narativă alternează momente de introspecție cu secvențe de acțiune cinematică, oferind o profunzime pe care rareori o întâlnim în genul contemporan.

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ISBN-13: 9780316267748
ISBN-10: 0316267740
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 139 x 211 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm Righteous cititorilor care caută un roman polițist ce îmbină rigoarea logică a investigației cu realismul social dur. Veți câștiga nu doar o poveste tensionată de tipul „Sherlock în ghetou”, ci și o explorare psihologică despre cum trauma neșlefuită poate modela un geniu. Este o lectură esențială pentru a înțelege arhitectura seriei IQ și evoluția lui Isaiah spre maturitate emoțională.

Despre autor

Joe Ide este un scriitor american a cărui carieră a fost marcată de o pasiune timpurie pentru aventurile lui Sherlock Holmes, influență vizibilă în întreaga sa operă. Originar din South Central Los Angeles, Ide a reușit să creeze prin seria IQ un hibrid literar unic, în care deducția clasică întâlnește cultura urbană contemporană. Debutul său a fost recompensat cu premiile Anthony, Shamus și Macavity, confirmându-l ca o voce inovatoare în beletristica polițistă. Stilul său este recunoscut pentru dialogurile vii și capacitatea de a transpune arhetipuri literare celebre în contexte sociale moderne și complexe.

Descriere scurtă

One of the Best Books of the Year - NPR, Washington Post

In this follow-up to the smash hit IQ, Isaiah uncovers a secret behind the death of his brother, Marcus.

For ten years, something has gnawed at Isaiah Quintabe's gut and kept him up nights, boiling with anger and thoughts of revenge. Ten years ago, when Isaiah was just a boy, his brother was killed by an unknown assailant. The search for the killer sent Isaiah plunging into despair and nearly destroyed his life. Even with a flourishing career, a new dog, and near-iconic status as a PI in his hometown, East Long Beach, he has to begin the hunt again-or lose his mind.

A case takes him and his volatile, dubious sidekick, Dodson, to Vegas, where Chinese gangsters and a terrifying seven-foot loan shark are stalking a DJ and her screwball boyfriend. If Isaiah doesn't find the two first, they'll be murdered. Awaiting the outcome is the love of IQ's life: fail, and he'll lose her. Isaiah's quest is fraught with treachery, menace, and startling twists, and it will lead him to the mastermind behind his brother's death, Isaiah's own sinister Moriarty.

With even more action, suspense, and mind-bending mysteries than Isaiah's first adventures, Righteous is a rollicking, ingenious thrill ride.

Notă biografică

Joe Ide is of Japanese American descent. Growing up in South Central Los Angeles, Joe's favorite books were the Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories. The idea that a person could face the world and vanquish his enemies with just his intelligence fascinated him. Joe went on to earn a graduate degree and had several careers before writing his debut novel, IQ, inspired by his early experiences and his love of Sherlock. Joe lives in Santa Monica, California. Visit his website at www.joeide.com

Recenzii

One of the Best Books of the Year - NPR, Washington Post, BookRiot, Suspense Magazine, Amazon, South Florida Sun Sentinel, LitHub

A Goodreads Choice Award finalist!

"Joe Ide is the best new discovery I've come across in a long time. And Isaiah Quintabe is the kind of sleuth not seen on the mystery landscape before. Righteous is a riveting follow up to IQ."—Michael Connelly, author of The Late Show
"Last year, Joe Ide became the best thing to happen to mystery writing in a very long time. . . . There are a lot of fine reasons to discover Ide's work. . . . He writes thumbnail descriptions that rival Elmore Leonard's. . . . His dialogue, much of it unprintable here, has bite that puts him in the Winslow/Lehane league. . . . The world of these books is one of constant trash talk, and Ide delivers it with style. . . . It may be time for Ide to lay to rest Isaiah's Marcus obsession and give him other things to think about. I can't wait to find out what they'll be."—Janet Maslin, New York Times
"Excellent... Ide keeps Righteous on a righteous path of compelling storytelling, allowing his characters to flourish while exploring the worst of human nature. Never once does Righteous go over the top as Ide keeps each plot point chillingly realistic... Ide's debut IQ showed what a skillful writer he is. Righteous elevates the author--and his characters--to a new level."—Oline Cogdill, The Associated Press
"Ide's sense of humor, his effervescent dialogue, and his knack for moments of emotion [are] all still present here, terrific news for readers."—Charles Finch, USA Today
"Joe Ide made many fans with his first book, which starred the young black PI Isaiah Quintabe. Its follow-up, in which "IQ" digs into the 10-year-old killing of his older brother, will no doubt earn Mr. Ide many more followers."—Wall Street Journal
"He's the real deal."—Carl Hiaasen
"Call it what you will--ungraphic manga, comedy noir--but IQ, Joe Ide's debut featuring Isaiah Quintabe, was definitely original. . . . Righteous, the second IQ novel, is every bit as solid and smart as the first. . . . Ide writes wild dialogue, creates totally original characters and makes me laugh out loud at two in the morning. What more can you ask?"—Margaret Cannon, The Globe and Mail [Canada]
"Outstanding . . . Ide again makes his hero's deductive brilliance plausible, while presenting an emotionally engaging story that doesn't shy away from presenting the bleakest aspects of humanity."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Ide's debut, IQ, was one of last year's best crime novels, and he follows it with another scorcher. . . . Like the great Thomas Perry, Ide manages to combine light and
dark in wholly unpredictable ways, blending comic capering with real-life bloodletting in a manner that diminishes neither and taps a vein of deep emotion lurking amid the laugh lines and spurts of violence. Anyone who loves Perry or Timothy Hallinan needs to hop on Ide's bandwagon while there's still room to sit."
—Booklist (starred review)
"Brilliantly executed . . . Deftly weaving the search for Marcus's killer with various escapades in Vegas, Ide employs a clever mixing of time lines that will keep readers guessing until the explosive, bloody denouement. A winning combination of skillful writing and flawless pacing, this second series outing is packed with adrenaline-inducing scenes along with a colorful cast of violent and treacherous villains."—Library Journal (starred review)
"Righteous is action packed, cerebral and altogether engaging, and I predict a long string of follow-up novels in this fine series."—Bruce Tierney, Bookpage

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'The best discovery I've come across in a long time' Michael Connelly

When the beautiful woman you've longed for since boyhood calls and asks you to find her missing sister, what do you do? If you are Isaiah Quintabe - IQ to his friends - you'll do everything you can. The girl, an erratic DJ and gambling addict, has gone missing in Las Vegas - with a frightening loan shark, Chinese Triad gangsters, and her own deadbeat boyfriend hot on her tail. But IQ's search takes an unexpected turn when he meets a criminal mastermind who knows something about the murky circumstances surrounding his own brother's death . . .

'Witty and confident, with a bustling plot, this is a worthy follow-up to Ide's excellent debut' Guardian