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The Blue Norther (Paperback)
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The Blue Norther (Paperback)
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Loot Price R491
Discovery Miles 4 910
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Conventional wisdom has it that by increasing the pressure on a
subject population, the amount of aberrant behavior increases. This
is a little story about six or seven people involved in an incident
that took place the night before New Year's Eve on the north end of
an apartment complex in Dallas after a norther slammed into the
place. There aren't many characters; their names are obviously
fictional; and some are constructs. But never doubt, gentle reader,
that the events recounted in my little piece are factual. Some of
my characters bear a curious similarilty to the leads in
"Casablanca" an older disillusioned and demoralized vet from some
not-quite forgotten war in love with a younger woman he can't have;
a heroine being pursued by dark forces who brings the vet out of
his shell; and a cynical police official, damaged in the same war,
who shared with "Louie" a weakness for using his authority to
advance his romantic interests. But that's where the similarities
end. For Bogart and Bergman try Dashiell Hammett's Nick Charles,
with Nora as a dancer at a local hot spot. And the heroine of my
story is no Hollywood stereotype She stands on her own feet, alone
(and has probably been there a little too long), takes her clothes
off for a living and can come at you with claws. And the cop
doesn't become lovable in the final scene. With those "minor"
exceptions, it is "still the same old story," although mine is not
as long. I hope you like it.
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