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The Mean Season By John Katzenbach

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Title:The Mean Season
Author:John Katzenbach
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Page:305 pages
ISBN:0345325362

The first novel by Carl Hiaasen s ace Miami Herald crime reporter colleague John Katzenbach stars a reporter who stumbles onto the story of his life in Miami s mean season, July It was adapted as the Kurt Russell Mariel Hemingway film The Mean Season Katzenbach s tale blazes with local color, and his depiction of the newspaper life is accurate, entertaining, and animat The first novel by Carl Hiaasen s ace Miami Herald crime reporter colleague John Katzenbach stars a reporter who stumbles onto the story of his life in Miami s mean season, July It was adapted as the Kurt Russell Mariel Hemingway film The Mean Season Katzenbach s tale blazes with local color, and his depiction of the newspaper life is accurate, entertaining, and animated by an interesting dilemma What does a newshound do when he becomes part of the story he s covering

That s what happens to Malcolm Anderson of The Miami Journal One day in 1975, fate hands him Page One material a beautiful teenager found with the back of her head removed by a.45 bullet Katzenbach takes us through the reporter s paces eliciting quotes from the victim s family and friends the girls at school wonder who ll replace the deceased on the cheerleading squad getting great art for the photographer negotiating the story s space, timing, and emphases with the city editor

But this is no ordinary killing The only thing worse than a dead teen is a dead teen with a note in her pocket reading, Number One Worse yet, Malcolm gets a call at his desk from the Numbers Killer, who taunts him with an elliptical account of his tormented childhood and violent Vietnam experiences As Malcolm desperately tries to deduce the killer s motives and prevent the next murder, he wrestles with the terrible question of his own complicity The bad guy here is just OK, but the reporter is a very good character, and the novel well merits its Edgar Award nomination Tim Appelo


about Author

John Katzenbach is a U.S author of popular fiction Son of Nicholas Katzenbach, former United States Attorney General, John worked as a criminal court reporter for the Miami Herald and Miami News , and a featured writer for the Herald s Tropic magazine He is married to Madeleine Blais and they live in western Massachusetts.He left the newspaper grind to write books, racking up 12 novels so far, John Katzenbach is a U.S author of popular fiction Son of Nicholas Katzenbach, former United States Attorney General, John worked as a criminal court reporter for the Miami Herald and Miami News , and a featured writer for the Herald s Tropic magazine He is married to Madeleine Blais and they live in western Massachusetts.He left the newspaper grind to write books, racking up 12 novels so far, psychological thrillers that have made him an international success His first, 1982 s bestselling In the Heat of the Summer, became the movie The Mean Season , filmed partially in The Herald s newsroom ans starring Kurt Russell and MAriel Hemingway.Two of his books were made into films in the United States, 1995 s Just Cause and 2002 s Hart s War A fourth book, The Wrong Man was recently made into the soon to be released French film Faux Coupable



thumbnailTitle: The Mean Season
Posted by:John Katzenbach
Published :2016-02-15T16:47+01:00
The first novel by Carl Hiaasen s ace Miami Herald crime reporter colleague John Katzenbach stars a reporter who stumbles onto the story of his
The Mean Season
305 pagesJohn Katzenbach

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