the same fast paced fun as Twelve Step Fandango, PROTAGONIST: Martin Brock
SETTING: Florida
RATING:,
WHY: I really enjoyed Twelve Step Fandango, but this one didn't quite measure up, It started well but bogged down the further it went, There's a scheme involving gold coins that goes on for far too long, It does have some good moments,
Hilarious. Not sure if it's sarcastic, humorous, downtoearth, or serious social commentary, Excellent similes. After he's bitten by a rattlesnake, his voice sounds 'like it's coming from the trunk of the car, ' Au moment où il va se faire pincer pour grivèlerie dans un restaurant de Marrakech, Martin Brock, individu séduisant et peu recommandable, est sauvé in extremis par lintervention dun homme daffaires américain, Eugene Renoir.
Aux abois, Brock accepte de suivre son bienfaiteur en Floride, où il va laider à monter une escroquerie géniale, Si leur trafic de pièces de monnaie anciennes se déroule comme prévu, il sera millionnaire, garanti, Cest compter sans SherryLee, une minable stripteaseuse dont Martin sentiche, le petit ami de SherryLee qui, sorti de prison, veut lui faire la peau parce quelle lui a piqué une demitonne dherbe mexicaine, la traîtrise de Renoir et louragan qui approche Nimporte qui dun peu sensé prendrait ses jambes à son cou.
Mais Martin Brock nest pas nimporte qui, This was a breath of fresh air in terms of the prose and pace from my recent reads,
This appears to be one of a series, and isn't the starting point, but that doesn't detract from the book,
The central character is a drifter, a chancer and yet quite empathetic,
The story veers from Marrakesh to Florida and never leaves the reader settled and comfortable,
The whole book is shot through with a dry, caustic wit and that kept me entertained and sustained, Chris Haslam has himself faced life or death scrapes on three continents and seen the world through the eyes of a firearms instructor, an ironworker, and a ski guide.
His travels took him to southern Spain for a couple of years, although he now lives and works in
London, .