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Title: Violence, Nudity, Adult Content: A Novel by Vince Passaro ISBN: 0-7432-3425-1 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: This book can't decide what it wants to be
Comment: It's neither a legal thriller nor a piece of literary fiction. In places, Passaro just ends up doing the equivalent of written babbling. It's unfortunate, as the book holds some promise and some of the characters are very interesting and three dimensional. And yet, those characters are never given a chance to shine and there isn't any plot to speak of. I hesitate to give this novel a 1 star if only for the promise that is shown, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
Rating: 3
Summary: A good try
Comment: William Riordan is almost partner at a New York law firm. He's got two sticky cases right now: a woman who was raped in her apartment and is now using Will's email as her therapy, and a rich crossdresser who appears to have murdered his wife and possibly sexually abused his kids. Will also has an on-edge wife, Ellie, and two young sons at home. While his cases are heating up with unnerving consequences, his marriage has turned glacier. As he struggles with ghosts from his past, with needs he has but can't verbalize and needs his wife has but he can't seem to fulfill, he and his colleagues -- the enormous Gerry, gay David, and mouthy Jack -- are kept on their toes beating out legal fires.
VIOLENCE, NUDITY, ADULT CONTENT would be a four star book but for its lack of cohesiveness. This surprisingly perceptive novel starts off well, with some hard punches all around, but unfortunately Passaro doesn't manage to finish what he starts. The tension between Will and Ellie, the revelations concerning their dissolving relationship, are worthy of better development and a more detailed finale. The two legal plots are haphazard and drifting, despite a very clued peek into the aftermath of rape, an insightful portrayal of office dynamics, and some touching scenes with the crossdresser's destitute 15-year-old son. Though Passaro's prose is excellent and almost boosts this legal thriller onto the literary plane, his talent proves unable to sustain a book that ultimately founders without a tangible plot or emotional direction.
If you like fast paced legal thrillers, this novel may disappoint. Ditto if you're seeking a literary work that fully explores human relationships. Still, VIOLENCE, NUDITY, ADULT CONTENT manages to combine the two subjects in a way that, while fully satisfying neither, certainly deserves an A for effort.
Rating: 5
Summary: Realistic Legal Thriller
Comment: Generally, I hate legal "thrillers" because in order to make the normally humdrum life of a lawyer seem interesting, the author is forced to make it ridiculously unrealistic. Vincent Passaro is such a talented writer that he doesn't have to do that. He, instead, tells it like it is in such a wonderful refreshing way that pyrotechnics and silly plot twists are rendered unnecessary. Violence, Nudity, Adult Content concerns Will Riordan, a senior associate gunning for partner in a New York law firm. He's got two unusual cases dogging him, and his marriage is falling apart. His job is a bit unfulfilling, the intra-firm politics vex him and in one of these cases, he must defend a wealthy client everyone believes murdered his wife. Will struggles with the morality of it all, including his rather high salary on which he has difficulty scraping by, in a wonderfully cynical manner. This novel is not for someone looking for Pollyanna II, but rather for someone looking for a witty, wise exploration of the gritty underside of NY law.
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Title: Any Human Heart by William Boyd ISBN: 1400031001 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Nearer Than the Sky: A Novel by T. Greenwood ISBN: 0312280513 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: North of Nowhere: An Alex McKnight Mystery (Mysteries & Horror) by Steve Hamilton ISBN: 0312983816 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Spinning Man by George Harrar ISBN: 0425193748 Publisher: Blue Hen Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: And Now You Can Go by Vendela Vida ISBN: 1400040272 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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