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Аэропорт. Окончательный диагноз.
В данную книгу вошли остросюжетные романы "Аэропорт" и "Окончательный диагноз" известного американского автора.
На борту самолета прогремел взрыв. Необходима срочная посадка… Но аэропорт отрезан от мира снежной бурей - и взлетная полоса закрыта… Нет, это не детектив. Перед вами - напряженные будни гигантского аэропорта, полные риска, опасностей, ожидания надежды…
Это - больница, где спасают людей. Мир, где интригуют и дружат, влюбляются и изменяют. Сражаются. Попросту - живут. Потому что жизнь - это, как говорится, и есть окончательный диагноз.
На борту самолета прогремел взрыв. Необходима срочная посадка… Но аэропорт отрезан от мира снежной бурей - и взлетная полоса закрыта… Нет, это не детектив. Перед вами - напряженные будни гигантского аэропорта, полные риска, опасностей, ожидания надежды…
Это - больница, где спасают людей. Мир, где интригуют и дружат, влюбляются и изменяют. Сражаются. Попросту - живут. Потому что жизнь - это, как говорится, и есть окончательный диагноз.
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560 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1983
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About the author
Arthur Hailey
94 books766 followersArthur Hailey was a British/Canadian novelist. After working at a number of jobs and writing part-time, he became a writer full-time during 1956, encouraged by the success of the CBC television drama, Flight into Danger (in print as
Runway Zero Eight
). Following the success of Hotel in 1965, he moved to California; followed by a permanent move to the Bahamas in 1969.
Each of his novels has a different industrial or commercial setting and includes, in addition to dramatic human conflict, carefully researched information about the way that particular environment and system functions and how these affect society and its inhabitants.
Critics often dismissed Hailey's success as the result of a formulaic "potboiler" style, in which he caused an ordinary character to become involved in a crisis, then increased the suspense by switching among multiple related plot lines.
Hailey would spend approximately one year researching a subject, followed by six months reviewing his notes and, finally, about 18 months writing the book.
Many of his books reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and more than 170 million copies have been sold worldwide in 40 languages. Many have been made into movies and Hotel was made into a long-running television series. Airport became a successful film with dramatic visual effects.
A Canadian citizen whose children live in Canada and California, Hailey made his home in Lyford Cay, an exclusive residential resort on New Providence Island in the Bahamas with his second wife Sheila.
In 2002, Hailey told John Marquis, editor of the Bahamas' principal daily newspaper The Tribune, that he was lucky in having supportive parents who encouraged him to believe in himself. Brought up in a working-class home, Hailey never lost the common touch following his phenomenal success. 'I have worked hard, but I have also been very lucky,' he said.
Each of his novels has a different industrial or commercial setting and includes, in addition to dramatic human conflict, carefully researched information about the way that particular environment and system functions and how these affect society and its inhabitants.
Critics often dismissed Hailey's success as the result of a formulaic "potboiler" style, in which he caused an ordinary character to become involved in a crisis, then increased the suspense by switching among multiple related plot lines.
Hailey would spend approximately one year researching a subject, followed by six months reviewing his notes and, finally, about 18 months writing the book.
Many of his books reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and more than 170 million copies have been sold worldwide in 40 languages. Many have been made into movies and Hotel was made into a long-running television series. Airport became a successful film with dramatic visual effects.
A Canadian citizen whose children live in Canada and California, Hailey made his home in Lyford Cay, an exclusive residential resort on New Providence Island in the Bahamas with his second wife Sheila.
In 2002, Hailey told John Marquis, editor of the Bahamas' principal daily newspaper The Tribune, that he was lucky in having supportive parents who encouraged him to believe in himself. Brought up in a working-class home, Hailey never lost the common touch following his phenomenal success. 'I have worked hard, but I have also been very lucky,' he said.
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January 7, 2011
Понравилось, даже очень.
Построение сюжета, кстати, подобно "Тайному меридиану" Реверте - все долго подводится к кульминации, но делается это красиво, детально, как кружево плетется. И характеры выписанные, и психологических мелочей полно, удовольствие сплошное. И книга держит в напряжении до последнего.
Еще хочу что-нибудь его.
Построение сюжета, кстати, подобно "Тайному меридиану" Реверте - все долго подводится к кульминации, но делается это красиво, детально, как кружево плетется. И характеры выписанные, и психологических мелочей полно, удовольствие сплошное. И книга держит в напряжении до последнего.
Еще хочу что-нибудь его.
April 24, 2013
Сильно разочаровал меня "Окончательный диагноз". Когда читала в институте, давным-давно, понравилось. А сегодняшние впечатления - убого, примитивно, беднейший язык. "Аэропорт" выписан подробнее, интереснее. За него ставлю "4"
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