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Lädt ... The Silver Hearted: A Novel (2009)von David McConnell
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Set against a background of revolution and profiteering in a port town, this is the story of an unnamed narrator, who is hired by shadowy investors to protect chests of silver coins. He turns to a naive and beautiful sailor for assistance to evacuate the money from a trading emporium overrun by violent mobs. Full of hopeless naivety, the boy wants acknowledgement that lives have been destroyed for the sake of money. Unfortunately, the ruthless calculation of profit and loss has an eerie appeal the narrator can't shake. And the mobs are starting to close in. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Topher intrigues the young man, who wants to trust him, to care for him, but not sure if he can because of the threat behind the silver and its rightful owners. Yet he tries to get closer to Topher once they reach Alejandrina, allowing him to be the only one to know where the silver is being hidden and being allowed into part of Topher's personal life. But everything for the young man leads back to the silver, and with the threat of the rebellion heading toward Alejandrina, he needs to find a boat heading to the city of Z as soon as possible.
When I first started reading "The Silver Hearted", I found the time period and location confusing, not quite sure if was in South America or Asia (until the narrator mentioned the Mandarins) nor when it was taking place (until the narrator mentioned the helicopters). Perhaps that was only to add to the confusion created by the rebellion and the fighting going on during the first few chapters, but it slowed my getting into the story. But once past that, it's an interesting read, and to me, focused more on the character of the unnamed narrator. I felt his subtle paranoia and distrust of everyone throughout the story, even when he showed some kind of interest (or lust) for Topher. The narrator is an interesting character in a world of interesting characters, and they each do their part to create a grimy, seedy, untrustworthy world in and around Alejandrina and the river.
It's definitely worth checking out. ( )