The Little Sailor A Romantic Thriller |
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| Author:
| Valerio, Anthony |
| ISBN: | 978-0-615-86722-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | Daisy H Productions LLC
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $7.10 |
Book Description:
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"Like most of Valerio's narrative fiction, 'The Little Sailor' alchemically combines personal and popular cultural histories; but unlikethe earlier work, this opus resolves the logic and emotion of its protagonist's episodic memory in a linear plot, transmuting the Little Sailor's childhood experience of his community (particularly its women) in the first section, 'Brooklyn, Rome,' into the action of second section, 'The Bensonhurst Pigeon,' a whimsical adaptation of Hammett's and...
More Description"Like most of Valerio's narrative fiction, 'The Little Sailor' alchemically combines personal and popular cultural histories; but unlikethe earlier work, this opus resolves the logic and emotion of its protagonist's episodic memory in a linear plot, transmuting the Little Sailor's childhood experience of his community (particularly its women) in the first section, 'Brooklyn, Rome,' into the action of second section, 'The Bensonhurst Pigeon,' a whimsical adaptation of Hammett's and Huston'sThe Maltese Falcon."--(Professor G. Guida, CUNY)