Buzz Cut |
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| Author:
| Hall, James W. |
| Series title: | Thorn Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-385-31234-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1996 |
| Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Delacorte Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $22.95 |
Book Description:
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Critics have called James W. Hall's previous bestsellers "electrifying,""innovative,"and "brilliantly suspenseful." Now Hall brings us his most haunting and relentlessly gripping novel yet--a work that proves why the San Francisco Chronicle has hailed him as one of the nation's "finest and most literate of thriller writers." A Florida cruise ship under siege provides the spellbinding backdrop for Hall's latest novel. On board, a mad terrorist is threatening to blow up...
More DescriptionCritics have called James W. Hall's previous bestsellers "electrifying,""innovative,"and "brilliantly suspenseful." Now Hall brings us his most haunting and relentlessly gripping novel yet--a work that proves why the San Francisco Chronicle has hailed him as one of the nation's "finest and most literate of thriller writers." A Florida cruise ship under siege provides the spellbinding backdrop for Hall's latest novel. On board, a mad terrorist is threatening to blow up the ship--and a large part of the Florida coastline as well. The madman, an unforgettable character with a high-tech stun gun and a strange fascination with word etymologies, illustrates why James Ellroy calls Hall's villains "so well drawn and amusing they make you giddy." Also on board is Thorn, the enigmatic, hard-bitten hero last seen in Gone Wild, who, along with his friend, Sugerman, must stop the bomber before he redesigns the Southeastern United States. As the novel races toward its explosive conclusion, Hall sets the scene for a nerve-shattering showdown--between the brutal and cunning terrorist and Thorn, who reveals a deeper, darker, more unpredictable side to his personality in this electrifying new novel. A thriller filled with the author's signatures--vise-tightening suspense, steamy sexuality, hypnotic prose, and off-beat humor--Buzz Cut exposes the dark underbelly and colorful chaos of James W. Hall's native Florida, as it lays bare the tremendous talents of an American master writing at the peak of his storytelling powers.