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Train
by Dexter,Pete
- Used
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- Los Ángeles, 1953. A Lionel Walk le llaman Train. Tiene casi dieciocho años y vive de las propinas que recibe como caddie en u
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Los Ángeles, 1953. A Lionel Walk le llaman Train. Tiene casi dieciocho años y vive de las propinas que recibe como caddie en un exclusivo club de golf, donde los únicos negros que pisan la hierba son los caddies o los jardineros. En el club también juega Packard Miller, un desclasado, que ahora es detective de la policía. Un día, Miller, en una partida con un gordo acaudalado, tramposo y racista, descubre que Train es un jugador excepcional, y se las arregla para que el gordo pierda su dinero. Y, al poco tiempo, un asesinato y una violación desatarán un huracán que sacudirá el microcosmos del club, esa metáfora de la América de los años cincuenta, un huracán que soplará también sobre la vida de Train. Una pareja de acaudalados socios del club son atacados una noche por dos negros... .
Synopsis
Los Angeles, 1953. Lionel Walk is a young black caddy at Brookline, the oldest, most exclusive country club in the city, where he is known by the nickname "Train." A troubled, keenly intelligent kid with no particular interest in his own prodigious talent for the game, he keeps his head down and his mouth shut as he navigates his way between the careless hostility of his "totes" and the explosive brutality of the other caddies.Miller Packard, a sergeant with the San Diego police department, first appears on the boy's horizon as a distracted gambler, bored with ordinary risks. Train names him the "Mile-Away Man" as they walk off the first tee, and even months later, when they have become partners of a sort and are winning high-stakes matches against golf hustlers all over the country, the Mile-Away Man is a puzzle to Train, remote and intimate, impulsive and thoughtful, often all at the same time.Packard is also a puzzle to Norah Still, the beautiful lone survivor of a terrifying yacht hijacking, who is both aroused and repulsed by his violent and detached manner at the crime scene. Packard himself feels no such ambiguity. He is unequivocally drawn to Norah -- and perhaps to what has happened to her -- and an odd, volatile triangle takes shape, Packard pulling the other two relentlessly into deeper water, away from what is safe. With his trademark economy of style, Dexter brings these characters to life in their most reckless, vulnerable moments, stripping away words and manners until all that is left is the basic human pulse.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Hamelyn
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- Title
- Train
- Author
- Dexter,Pete
- Book Condition
- Used - Los Ángeles, 1953. A Lionel Walk le llaman Train. Tiene casi dieciocho años y vive de las propinas que recibe como caddie en u
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