The Million Dollar Wound.THE MILLION DOLLAR WOUND. (Nathan Heller Novels.) Max Allan Collins. 1986/2005. Read by Yuri Rasovsky. 10 cds. 11.5 hrs. Blackstone Audiobooks. 0-7861-7683-0. $90.00. Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. A This imaginative historical detective novel spans the 1930s and '40s, allowing Collins to incorporate WW II, organized crime, and Hollywood union improprieties in one fell swoop. Nate Heller, a resourceful ex-cop turned gumshoe, knows everybody who is anybody, from champion prizefighter Barney Ross to "Mr. Untouchable untouchable Former classification of various low-status persons and those outside the Hindu caste system in Indian society. The term Dalit is now used for such people (in preference to Mohandas K. ," Eliot Ness, controversial newspaperman Westbrook Pegler, and stripper Stripper Slang for an individual homeowner who strips the equity out of his or her home through mortgage refinancing. Proceeds are generally not re-invested, but spent on consumer goods. Notes: Most people get rich by saving and investing wisely. Sally Rand. After a night of heavy carousing ca·rouse intr.v. ca·roused, ca·rous·ing, ca·rous·es 1. To engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking. 2. To drink excessively. n. Carousal. , Heller awakens to learn he has joined the Marines. He is injured at Guadalcanal, and his resulting amnesia becomes his ticket back home. He recovers his memory, minus something he witnessed in a foxhole. This might not have bothered him much, except that people around him suddenly start dying. He uses his vast array of social contacts to find out why. Some may rankle ran·kle v. ran·kled, ran·kling, ran·kles v.intr. 1. To cause persistent irritation or resentment. 2. To become sore or inflamed; fester. v.tr. at a private eye who unabashedly ogles women, but Heller is a product of his time, charming and roguish rogu·ish adj. 1. Deceitful; unprincipled: Set adrift by his roguish crew, the captain of the ship spent a week alone at sea. 2. Playfully mischievous: a roguish grin. , with a wealth of sardonic humor. Rasovky's fully differentiated reading is perfect. His characterization of the flawed but lovable hard-nosed hero is inspired. Francine Levitov, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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