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New York, anni Settanta. Paul Benjamin è un professionista di successo, dalla vita quasi perfetta e dal temperamento mite e pacifico. Quando la sua abitazione viene assalita da una banda di teppisti, lui sta consumando un tranquillo pranzo di lavoro e mai potrebbe immaginare che una telefonata stia per stravolgere la sua esistenza: per un bottino di pochi dollari, dei criminali hanno brutalmente aggredito la sua unica figlia Carol e ucciso la moglie Esther. Superato lo shock iniziale, Paul chiede giustizia ma è costretto a prendere atto della totale impotenza della polizia di fronte al crimine. La scottante delusione per uno Stato che non protegge i propri cittadini unita all'enorme tragedia personale che lo ha colpito, minano le sue certezze fino a trasformarlo in uno spietato e cinico giustiziere. L'unica cosa che adesso Paul Benjamin desidera è la vendetta, per sé stesso e per tutte le persone che vivono un dramma simile, e non si fermerà di fronte a nulla pur di raggiungere il suo scopo...
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- Pagine: 344
- Data di uscita: 21-02-2018
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«Dio mio. Ma che cosa è accaduto?» «Non lo so. Sto andando là. Al telefono il poliziotto ha tagliato corto.» «Ma cosa...» «Papà, è inutile che perdiamo tempo al telefono. Ci vediamo all’ospedale.» «D’accordo.» Paul depose il ricevitore e si fissò il dorso della mano coperto di efelidi. Il giustiziere Leggi tutto
This one was kind of different. If I ever saw the Bronson movie, I've forgotten all about it (I do seem to recall watching one of the later ones, 4th or 5th I guess, which I remember as kind of horrible...). Even so, the film is what turns up in my head too while reading - I guess the book cover (mo Leggi tutto
After Paul Benjamin's wife has been killed by random muggers, he gets a gun and prowls the streets to kill people who assault him. Made into a movie starring Charles Bronson. Both the novel and the movie are on the index of banned books. It's interesting how the official description reads: The main c Leggi tutto
Been wanting to read this book for a while as it's such an iconic story. It didn't disappoint. A book of its time, it's worth reading. It is a slow burn. More than half the book is just the character in mourning essentially. I have to the movie adaptation did a nice job speeding up the pace and was
The book that inspired the film, this is a slim, thoughtful meditation on grief and loss and anger that leads to violence as the only rational response to a dangerous world. Whether it's a moral response is left ambiguous. This isn't sleazy or exploitative or even sanctimonious. Mostly it's just sad Leggi tutto
I finished reading the book a couple of weeks back. It was a very interesting read. I enjoyed every minute and every page. I noticed the differences between the movie and the book. For one thing, you don't see the attack on Paul's family. Instead it is described afterwards. I felt there was more emo Leggi tutto
An intense and desperately sad exploration of an ordinary man's nervous breakdown, which follows a loss that his left-leaning philosophy simply can't accommodate. All politics aside, this story is about grief in its rawest form and how it can wreak absolute havoc on one's worldview. (The 1974 film a Leggi tutto
I’m a massive fan of the Death Wish film series, well Charles Bronson in general lol, so it was hard to read this book without comparing it, in fact I had the awesome Death Wish 3 opening soundtrack in my head while reading 😂 For the book itself it was more a study of how a violent act can affect som Leggi tutto
Yes, this truly is a blast of a read. For me, it was a reread, but I originally read it years ago. It stands up over time. It's important to keep in mind that it was written in 1972. As a result, you'll find some casual slurs that grate today, but were quite normal back then. What I really liked, aside Leggi tutto
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