Prélude à un cri

by Jim Nisbet

Stanley Ahearn a un boulot peinard qui lui rapporte de quoi se payer son whisky et ses virées. Un soir, il rencontre Vivienne Carnaval dans un bar. Elle a des yeux verts et n'a pas l'air farouche. À l'issue d'une soirée bien arrosée, Stanley la ramène chez elle... Il se réveille vingt-quatre heures plus tard dans un sac de couchage, au beau milieu du Golden Gate Park avec une cicatrice au bas du dos. Après examen, il se confirme qu'on lui a volé un rein ! La plupart des gens vivent sans problème avec un seul rein, mais pas Stanley, qui souffre d'une maladie rénale chronique. Désormais, son unique obsession sera de retrouver la fille aux yeux verts et les trafiquants qui l'ont mutilé. Sans l'aide de l'inspecteur Corrigan car Stanley entend bien se venger. Après Injection mortelle, Le Démon

610 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

San Francisco writer Jim Nisbet has published eleven novels, including the acclaimed Lethal Injection. He has also published five volumes of poetry. His novel, Dark Companion, was shorted-listed for the 2006 Hammett Prize. Various of his works have been translated into French, German, Japanese, Italian, Polish, Hungarian, Greek, Russian and Romanian.

Aside from reading and performing his own work for some forty-five years, Nisbet has written and seen produced a modest handful of one-act plays and monologues, including Valentine, Note from Earth, WonderEndz™ SmackVision™ and Alas, Poor Yorick, and himself directed the original productions of most of these works.

Reviews

[Julie Achterhoff · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't care for this book much. The characters were unlikeable and the theme was strange. A man gets heisted by rogue organ donor thieves and sets out to get his kidney back. The main character is pretty despicable and I didn't have any attachment to him. His goal is to get a new kidney from the thieves, which seems pretty far-fetched. He has many chances to call in the cops for help, but continues on his quest alone. I didn't like this book all the way to the end. It was a waste of my time!

[Mauro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jim Nisbet è uno scrittore con la S maiuscola. L'ho scoperto con questo libro, il suo primo che legga.
Certo il libro è molto forte, molto disturbante e freddo come una sala chirurgica... ci si sveglia cercando una cicatrice.

[Elaine Maslowski]

One of the worse books I have ever read. Main character, Stanley, is an unlikable loser. Gory, unbelieveable, and awful.