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Title: Nothing Burns in Hell by Philip Jose Farmer ISBN: 0-8125-6495-2 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 November, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (9 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Hilarious, mixed up tale
Comment: Tom Corbie is a private investigator, desperate to make it, picks up a simple assignment to backup another operative on a payoff at a cemetery results in gunplay.
Corbie finds himself drawn into a circle of escalating mayhem, violence, intrigue and murder. The snapping turtle, and his way of talking his way out of things rather than shooting it out.
Laugh your way through this book at times feeling sympathetic for our hero. Enjoyable book to get out of a hectic day at the office.
Rating: 5
Summary: Quirky blend of humor, violence and noir
Comment: There's shooting, there's cutting, there's treachery, there's a snapping turtle used as a defensive weapon. And then, the violence begins.
Tom Corbie is a private investigator plying his trade on the mean streets of (ahem) Peoria, Illinois. When a simple assignment to backup another operative on a payoff at a cemetery results in gunplay, Corbie finds himself drawn into a circle of escalating mayhem, violence, intrigue and murder.
Corbie's character is unique in the genre. He's married to a practicing Wiccan and carries enough literary references in his head to earn a doctorate degree. While he shoots well, he prefers to talk his way out of most bad situations.
Farmer loves his hometown of Peoria and gleefully presents it and its history to us, warts and all. He also flits in unique philosophical and metaphysical observations while detailing how to arm oneself when slipping into a marshy area to do battle with in-bred hooligans.
NOTHING BURNS IN HELL is a fine example of a dying genre -- hard-boiled pulp fiction. Recommended!
Rating: 3
Summary: 2 1/2 stars
Comment: On the inside of the dust jacket, the publishers say this book should be a good read for fans of Quentin Tarantino. It is a BIG lie. The publishers must have owed this author a favor. This book is just not good.
However, having said that, I am not upset I spent my time reading it. If you like crime-noir, read Ellroy. But, if you have this book, and have to spend a few hours on a plane or waiting to be picked for jury duty, then give it a try.
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Title: Image of the Beast/Blown: An Exorcism by Philip Jose Farmer ISBN: 1840680288 Publisher: Creation Books Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Magic Labyrinth (Riverworld Saga, Book 4) by Philip Jose Farmer ISBN: 0345419707 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 28 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld Saga, Book 1) by Philip Jose Farmer ISBN: 0345419677 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 30 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Gods of Riverworld by Philip Jose Farmer ISBN: 0345419715 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 28 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Naked Came the Farmer by Philip Jose Farmer, Julie Kistler, Nancy Atherton, Bill Knight, David Everson, Jerry Klein, Steven Burgauer, Joel Steinfeldt, Joseph Flynn, Terry Bibo ISBN: 0962461377 Publisher: Mayfly Productions Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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