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Gerald A. Browne (1924–2015)

Autor(a) de Stone 588

14+ Works 896 Membros 13 Críticas

About the Author

Inclui os nomes: Gerald Browne, Gerald a.browne

Obras por Gerald A. Browne

Stone 588 (1986) 189 exemplares
19 Purchase Street (1982) 142 exemplares
11 Harrowhouse (1970) 134 exemplares
Hot Siberian (1989) 116 exemplares
18Mm Blues (1993) 84 exemplares
West 47th (1996) 68 exemplares
Green Ice (1978) 61 exemplares
Slide (1976) 51 exemplares
Hazard (1973) 37 exemplares
It's All Zoo (1968) 7 exemplares
The Arousers (1989) 3 exemplares
Blue Pearls (1994) 2 exemplares
Adieu Sibérie (1990) 1 exemplar
La pietra 588 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The How and Why Wonder Book of Aircraft (1970) — Ilustrador, algumas edições11 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Browne, Gerald A.
Nome legal
Browne, Gerald Austin
Data de nascimento
1924-11-29
Data de falecimento
2015-07-24
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Locais de residência
Connecticut, USA
Paris, France
Arizona, USA
Educação
University of New Mexico
Columbia University
Ocupações
fashion photographer

Membros

Críticas

Enjoyed it; it's as much a love story as one of intrigue, spies, diamond smuggling, and murder. The term "oligarch" isn't used here... but assume this shows how such lifestyles evolved; how does a Russian entrepreneur become "prosperous" enough to defect? Theft! Weird to be rooting for Russian characters, and more or less happy with the surprise ending, which brings all the questions together in the last few pages. Nikolai would be happy in Russia with his British love, Vivian, but he knows he can't support her in the lifestyle of wealth with a gambling habit; she has been provided for by her ultra rich British ex-husband who still loves her enough to keep providing valuable gifts she immediately sells. She has refused his request to marry again; and falls in love with Nikolai, after meeting at a sale of a Faberge piece his grandfather created, and permitting him to hold and examine it. The Faberge background of the story is perfect .… (mais)
 
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UPMarta | Mar 2, 2023 |
Less developed, and more far-fetched among Brown's novels.
 
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starkravingmad | 1 outra crítica | Apr 14, 2022 |
Slow starting but once into its stride 19 Purchase Street is a hearty tale of money laundering, greed, revenge murder and a billion dollar robbery caper.
½
 
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HenriMoreaux | 3 outras críticas | Mar 6, 2017 |
A mystery/suspense crime novel about the diamond industry and a plan to steal the inventory and crash prices. Loosely based on the workings of the De Beers Cartel. It's set in 1970 England however other than the absence of mobile phones/technology you can't really tell it takes place nearly have a century ago.

I found it was quite slow to get moving and I wasn't particularly enthralled at all. However once the actual robbery took place and the getaway and double crossing started happening it picked up and became rather interesting.

Bit disappointing overall, had all the right ingredients for a fantastic story just didn't quite come together.
… (mais)
½
 
Assinalado
HenriMoreaux | 5 outras críticas | Sep 12, 2016 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
14
Also by
1
Membros
896
Popularidade
#28,593
Avaliação
½ 3.4
Críticas
13
ISBN
106
Línguas
7

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