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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780451209696
ISBN number: 0451209699
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 480
Printing Date: August 31, 2004
Publishing house: Signet
Release Date: August 31, 2004
Sale Popularity Level: 85781
Studio: Signet
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Readers love sleuth V.I. Warshawski. Now she returns in a novel of secrets and betrayals that stretch across four generations-from one of the most compelling writers in American crime fiction.
Amazon.com Review:
Privilege, politics, and perfidy jointly propel the circuitous plot of Blacklist, Sara Paretsky's 11th novel featuring tenacious Chicago private-eye V.I. Warshawski. By the time this story runs its course, V.I. will have harbored an alleged Arab terrorist, resurrected the ghosts of America's 1950s anti-Communist hysteria, and questioned the integrity of a man she once admired 'to the point of hero worship.' In other words, it's a typical case for this hard-headed, sarcastic, and perpetually sleep-deprived sleuth.
Still suffering from 'exhaustion of the spirit' in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, V.I. is hired to find out who may be sneaking into a vacated suburban mansion. Geraldine Graham, the home's 91-year-old former owner, who still lives nearby, claims she's seen lights in the attic at night. Our heroine suspects this is simply a bid by the wealthy dowager for greater attention, but agrees to do some nocturnal prowling--only to stumble (literally) across the body of a dead grey journalist, Marcus Whitby, in the estate’s ornamental pond and encounter a teenage girl fleeing the scene. The girl turns out to be Catherine Bayard, the granddaughter of Calvin Bayard, an unapologetically liberal book publisher who survived a hounding by the U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee in the '50s without being blacklisted like so many of his authors. Digging deeper, V.I. learns that Whitby was doing research for a book about an African-American dancer and anthropologist who had enjoyed Bayard's support before she too was branded a Communist. Was Whitby killed en route to visit Bayard, one of Graham's neighbors--and a man who has strangely vanished from public view? And is there any connection between this murder and the disappearance of an Egyptian dishwasher, or the recent demise of a right-wing attorney and Bayard foe, in whose apartment V.I. is attacked by an intruder?
Except for a few astounding turns of luck (including the 11th-hour discovery of a revealing audiotape left in a car's player), Paretsky rolls out a credible yarn here, enriched by meticulous character development and an agreeably ambiguous conclusion. The author's intention to link McCarthy-era abuses with post-9/11 government assaults on civil rights is obvious, without being didactic, and it adds currency to a fictional investigation that's already rife with sex, betrayal, and long-held secrets among the rich. It's good to see that V.I. the P.I. hasn't lost the compassion or righteousness that very first made her attractive two decades ago, in Indemnity Only. --J. Kingston Pierce
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I listened to the audiobook unabridged version. It was over 15 hours long. What a long drawn out story. The subplot of the "Egyptian boy" served no purpose other than give the writer an opportunity to give her feelings of the Patriot Act. It is troubling legislation and I am fearful of the abuse that can happen. I think she is a skillful writer who could have gotten more thoughtful attention to the Patriot Act with less rhetoric.
I had to force myself to listen to the last quarter of the book to find out "who dun it" because at around chapter 35, I no longer cared. There were a lot of characters. I had to make notes to remember who was who. I just can't understand why this book was so wordy-the characters were not that complex (just too many), and didn't require added insight. This is my second V.I. Warshawski novel, and probably my last.
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I didn't even know about Sara Paretsky until I stumbled on my very first V.I. Warshawski novel in the used book section of a library. Now I'm hooked! Blacklist doesn't disappoint!!
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An interesting story - if you can wade through the left wing harangue. It is quite monotonous and makes the counterpoint of the plot almost an afterthought. I got about 2/3 through it and quit!!
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Sara Paretsky is a master in the action thriller. Her heroine is engaging, and her plots have more twists and turns than a old country road. I thouroughly enjoyed this book, and I highly recommend it to others.
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isn't it interesting to read the reviews and notice that what made me like this book is what others critized. My question here is- why is Paretsky supposed to leave all politics out of her novels? I enjoyed her drawing parallels between the patriot-act/ post 911 era and the Mc Carthy era. It was a fun entanglement of past and present in every way, couldn't put it down.
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