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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780738812823
ISBN number: 073881282X
Label: Xlibris Corporation
Manufacturer: Xlibris Corporation
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 135
Printing Date: January 29, 2000
Publishing house: Xlibris Corporation
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I completely agree that this is a very strong very first novel. Keep up the good work, Joe!! The prose is tight, the pace is fast without losing the reader along the way, and the plot is well done. This is one that held my attention throughout and also a book that I did not have to spend a week or more trying to figure out what the author wanted to say. If you like suspense fiction in an easy to absorb time frame, this is for you. Try it, you'll love it.
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I enjoyed very much this very first novel by Joseph Haymes. I look forward eagerly to his subsequent one. The plot built well from the very first page and went on from there to keep my interest at a high level. His writing style is tight and the story compelling. It is no 600 page Clancy novel, nor should it be considering the story and plot, but is a well-paced, compact story which held my interest throughout. From start to finish this is a book that I could become involved in - - and did - - and I look forward to further books by Haymes. I hope he sticks with a foreign flavor to his work because he is obviously comfortable with it.
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This book is good, but the second edition with extensive alterations and additions is better. Hard cover is ISBN number 0-7388-1282-X, softcover is ISBN number 0-7388-1283-8. Both were released in 2001, printed by Xlibris Corporation.
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I have the good fortune of knowing Mr. Haymes, who possesses an easy writing style that often sparkles with a subtle wit. I have read several articles of his, only to end up chuckling - if not outright guffawing - at his prose. Now he's taken the leap of which many of us scribblers only dream: he's actually published something. And I'm happy to say that his very first novel, "Desperate Summer", only took me one day to read but not because I wanted to get it over with. Rather, I was held by its plot, intrigued by his characterizations and thought that he handled his female protagonist with delicacy and precision.
Yes, the novel is short but one doesn't have to overburden points and descriptions when one trusts the reader. Reading - or, indeed, any effort into the visual or literary arts - is a two-way street, or should be. Think of Alfred Hitchcock: does The Master show us rivers of blood and gore in his films? No. In not spoon-feeding his audience, Hitch proved that what isn't shown or said is many times more horrifying or stimulating than what is. When the waters of a plot are unmuddied by excessive detail or laborious descriptions, the artist allows the audience to bring their own imagination along for the ride, making the film or book a truly memorable experience. Mr. Haymes' tight prose tells you just what you need to know and leaves you to fill in the rest as you will.
"Desperate Summer" is a strong very first effort, and I'm happily anticipating his subsequent novel, which I understand is being created even as I type. Go, Joe ... keep it up.
(By the way, a note to the reviewer above: Ian Fleming spells his name with one "m". Again, spare prose ...)
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A short story, really. It's regrettable the author did not take the time to develop the plot and characters more than he did. The fantastic resolution of many of the plot problems reminded me of some of the early 007 novels, except Flemming wrote those tongue in cheek.
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