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Cast a Yellow Shadow von R Thomas
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Cast a Yellow Shadow (Original 1967; 1968. Auflage)

von R Thomas (Autor)

Reihen: McCorkle & Padillo (#2)

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An old CIA connection brings trouble for a Washington, DC, barman in this thriller from "America's best storyteller" (The New York Times Book Review).   As the saying goes, you can't pick your friends. If you could, Mac McCorkle would disown Padilla. They owned a bar together in Bonn, the West German capital, and stayed partners even after Padilla's sideline as a CIA operative got the bar blown up. Padilla was thought to be dead and erased from the CIA's files--but now he's back on the agency's turf.   Mac moved to Washington, DC, after the trouble in Bonn to get married and open his bar anew. His new bride is beautiful, the bar is a success, and Padilla's reappearance threatens everything. A group of African terrorists want Padilla to assassinate the prime minister of their small sub-Saharan republic--and they've kidnapped Mac's wife to use as leverage.… (mehr)
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4 - 5 stars. I reserve 5 for truly outstanding books, so I give this one 4, which is still good.

A somewhat typical (to me, so far) Ross Thomas novel where double-crosses are expected and happen often. Like the other books I've read by him, you don't know who to trust, except for the 2 main characters, McCorkle and Padilla, who are good friends.

This story seems a bit less complex than some of the other ones, but it's interesting and has some good dialog, although it's a bit dated. For example, there's a Negro section rather than a Black section of town. The more I read of his books, the more I see the formula peeking out, but it's a good formula, so far, and I've liked them all a lot. ( )
  MartyFried | Oct 9, 2022 |
Padillo wanted for assassination bid and McCorkle's wife kidnapped to pressure him.
  ritaer | May 21, 2021 |
If you liked Hawkeye and Trapper in M*A*S*H you will likely like this series about McCorkle and Padillo. Cast a Yellow Shadow is the third in the series. My favorite was the first one. ( )
  danhammang | Feb 8, 2020 |
Smart, sharp, fast thriller with Ross's perennial ex-spies reunited in Washington DC where McCorkle has opened a bar and Padillo turns up stabbed on the docks. Someone wants to hire Padillo to do a job and to ensure his co-operation they kidnap Mac's wife. To get out of this situation, they have to bring in three operators who may be more dangerous to them than the kidnappers. ( )
  Nigel_Quinlan | Oct 21, 2015 |
When I first started it, I thought Cast a Yellow Shadow was an 80s book, but it’s older than me (barely). Other than references to what was then bleeding edge tech (operator assisted conference call between 4 vehicles), there isn’t much to date this one. It could be any time and that’s part of the appeal. That and a bunch of hard men doing hard things (one of them is actually named Hardman).

It takes a while for the meaning of the title to be revealed and when it is, it underscores the sadness that surrounds Michael Padillo. Unlike Durant and Wu, Padillo and his partner McCorkle don’t seem to have fun hatching schemes, writing wrongs or kicking ass. They do all those things, but without the seat-of-the-pants joy the other pair has. Here’s a conversation between Mac and a girl who is a bit smitten by the enigmatic Padillo -

“She was silent for a moment and when she spoke she seemed to be speaking to her hands which rested in her lap. “He said he didn’t have any more time to be lonely - that his time for being lonely had run out years ago.”
“What else did he say?”
“Something I’m not sure I understand.”
“What?”
“He said he casts a yellow shadow. What does that mean?”
“It’s what the Arabs say, I think. It means he carries a lot of luck around. All bad.”
“Does he?”
“For others. For those who get too close.”

Isn’t that a great piece? It says so much with so few words. The whole thing is like that. Take this scene with our two main men -

“There was a knock on the door and I said come in and one of the waiters entered and set the martinis down on the desk. I thanked him and he left.
“Maybe the vodka will help.” I said.
“Nothing like a two-or three-martini idea.”
“I’ve had some fine ones on four.”
Padillo lighted a cigarette. He inhaled, coughed, and blew most of it out. “You think filters help?”
“I have no idea.”
“I quit smoking in Africa.”
“For how long?”
“Two days; a little over two days. Three-and-a-half hours over two days to be exact.”
“What happened?”
“I admitted I had no will power. It was a great relief.”
“I’d say your will power can lick my will power.”
“I don’t think it would be much of a match.”

Ah, but they are a match. In order to save McCorkle’s wife, who’s been kidnapped by government officials anxious for Padillo to assassinate their prime minister. Because he refused they grabbed Mac’s Mrs. Now they have to assemble a team to help them find her and flub the shooting. Only problem is they can’t trust the team and know one or more of them will turn on them. It’s part of the plan but they won’t know exactly which part until one of them betrays Padillo and McCorkle. I love that about Thomas’s plots. Betrayal is just a known quantity, like gravity and they work around it and even play into it when it can be turned to benefit.

There isn’t a lot of extraneous detail in what leads up to the denouement. Of course lots of planning, drinking, smoking, discussion, drinking and more planning. Both men are slow to violence, but neither hesitates when he has to take someone out. Some of the details are a bit graphic, but none are prolonged.

Race plays a large part in the plot, both the reason for the assassination and with the team to undo McCorkle and Padillo’s woes. It’s inoffensive even if the language is dated. For example Thomas describes the different types of Negroes who come into the showdown. Dark, light, mulatto, each one is specified, as most everyone else is, but not so much detail about race with white folks. None of it is offensive, but the style is peculiar to the time I think. ( )
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An old CIA connection brings trouble for a Washington, DC, barman in this thriller from "America's best storyteller" (The New York Times Book Review).   As the saying goes, you can't pick your friends. If you could, Mac McCorkle would disown Padilla. They owned a bar together in Bonn, the West German capital, and stayed partners even after Padilla's sideline as a CIA operative got the bar blown up. Padilla was thought to be dead and erased from the CIA's files--but now he's back on the agency's turf.   Mac moved to Washington, DC, after the trouble in Bonn to get married and open his bar anew. His new bride is beautiful, the bar is a success, and Padilla's reappearance threatens everything. A group of African terrorists want Padilla to assassinate the prime minister of their small sub-Saharan republic--and they've kidnapped Mac's wife to use as leverage.

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