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S'està carregant… War against the Mafia (1988)de Don Pendleton
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. The men's action novels of the sixties and seventies probably drew their roots from the sudden explosions of action in Spillane's novels. But the late sixties brought a number of action hero novels to the forefront. Among the best of the bunch is Don Pendleton's Executioner series. Mack comes back from Vietnam only to find a mafia loan shark has destroyed his family and he is going back to war - against the Mafia with sniper shots, mortars, knives, & grenades. It is a solidly written action packed series and a pure blast to read. This was the first of 38 novels in the series by Pendleton and countless others by ghost writers using his name. If you go to war with the Mafia do you have to use Tommy Guns? Mac Bolan is a one man army and he has the Mafia in his sights because reasons. And he gets the girl. I think that sums up the plot. Change Mafia for some other antagonist and you have the plot for the entire series of the long running young-men's action novels. When I was young Indiana Jones was the prototype for action-adventure movies. They were amazing. It took a long time for them to be released on DVD, but when they finally did I grabbed them for a movie marathon. I was a little disappointed. They were cheesy. It was hard to tell if they were always cheesy or if they had aged badly because Indiana Jones was the prototype for a genre that had evolved and now looked lame in comparison. NB: don't take that as a diss on Indiana Jones.... except Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which was terrible. The Executioner is similar to Indiana Jones in that it was the prototype - well, one of many - for a genre that has evolved. It's hard to call this cookie cutter stuff since this was the prototype cutter. It is easy to see the appeal and how this influenced so many people, including my friend Matt Hilton (shameless plug). But so much time has passed since these were new. In that time a generation of authors, TV shows (watch Banshee), and movies have been influenced and created works. The genre has grown, matured, and taken on other elements, such that this feels kinda cheesy. Was it always cheesy? Maybe that was what made this series fun in the first place. If Marvel didn't base their character of the Punisher on Mack Bolan, then I'll eat my shoes. Sniper trained, Vietnam vet, family lost due to the Mafia, personal war, etc. Bolan ends up taking out one branch of the Mafia, while dodging the police and making to love to prostitutes, extra busty prostitutes and a supposedly innocent school teacher. Yeah, a school teacher. Who he then leaves at the end of the book. This was extremely violent. And considering that I've read, and loved, [a:Neal Asher|56353|Neal Asher|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1207862001p2/56353.jpg] and [a:David Drake|19472|David Drake|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1207164263p2/19472.jpg], that is saying something. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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The first book in the classic vigilante action series from a "writer who spawned a genre" (The New York Times). Overseas, Mack Bolan was dubbed "Sgt. Mercy" for the compassion he showed the innocent. On the home front, they're calling him the Executioner for what he's doing to the guilty. In the jungles of Southeast Asia, American sniper Mack Bolan honed his skills. After twelve years, with ninety-five confirmed hits, he returns home to Massachusetts. But it's not to reunite with his family, it's to bury them--victims in a mass murder/suicide. Even though Bolan's own father pulled the trigger, he knows the old man was no killer. He was driven to madness by Mafia thugs who have turned his idyllic hometown into a new kind of war zone. Duty calls . . . Introducing an action hero "who would make Jack Reacher think twice," this is the first book in the iconic series of vigilante justice that has become a publishing phenomenon (Empireonline.com). With more than two hundred million Executioner books sold since its debut, the series continues to stimulate. Gerry Conway, cocreator of Marvel Comics' The Punisher, credits the Executioner as "my inspiration . . . that's what gave me the idea for the lone, slightly psychotic avenger." The series is also now in development as a major motion picture. War Against the Mafia is the 1st book in the Executioner series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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It is a fast paced story, lots of action, Mack Bolan being an army veteran who spent 12 years in Vietnam as an army sniper his decision are very practical and extremely deadly for his foes.
Only thing I was a little bit taken aback with was action of Mack's father - I mean to shoot entire family for something that is actually his and only his mistake is a little bit too drastic to say the least. Although it sounds very samurai-like I very doubt anyone would do such a thing in a real life (unless they had some very very big issues).
Also novel is lacking in suspense because Mack is such a force of nature that you do not suspect for a second he can be harmed in any serious way.
All in all this is more like 3.5 stars but partial stars are not allowed hence 3 stars. I am hooked and on a lookout for follow up stories.
Recommended to action and thriller fans.
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