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With an Extreme Burning
Автор: Pronzini Bill
Жанр: общая старинная литература
Владелец: фонд библиотеки
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Формат книги: FB2
Размер файла: 281.67 кб
Внесён в базу библиотеки: 17.03.2012
What would you do if you began to suspect that someone in your close circle of friends was not who he seemed to be, and that for a reason known only to him he had embarked on an insidious plan to destroy you and those you love most? This is the terrifying question facing two friends and potential lovers, college professor Dix Mallory and real estate salesperson Cecca Bellini, in the quiet Northern California town of Los Alegres. The reign of terror against them starts with a series of anonymous telephone calls, shortly after Dix's wife, Katy, is killed in a freak accident. Or did it start before the tragedy, with a secret affair between Katy and the unknown tormentor? Was her death in fact cold-blooded murder? Shock follows shock as the tormentor escalates his campaign in both subtle and overt ways. But it is not until a sudden act of violence, as brutal as it is unexpected, that Dix and Cecca realize just how montrous and far-reaching his scheme really is. And how many other lives besides their own are in jeopardy? With an Extreme Burning is a harrowing novel of ordinary people trapped in a web of extraordinary menace. In their struggles to extricate themselves, they must not only take desperate measures but come to terms with their own weaknesses and self-doubts. What happens to each of them as a result has implications that will stay with the reader long after the final page is turned.
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Только одна идея никогда не приводила к крови: «Хочу жить богато и счастливо, согласен за это работать, к героизму не готов, а на всех остальных мне, по большому счету, плевать...» Именно этот несимпатичный внешне лозунг позволяет построить работающую машину нормального капитализма, при котором большинство среднего класса живет вполне благопристойно, сыто, чистенько, аккуратно. Если, конечно, не увлечется очередной идеей справедливости... С этим исключительно полезным лозунгом все так здорово получается, видимо, из-за декларированного в нем равнодушия к людям и отпавшей в силу этого необходимости осчастливливать их насильно.