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Titel: 25th Hour
Beitrag von: Lionel am 29. Mai 2007, 19:54:34
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http://www.amazon.com/25th-Hour-David-Benioff/dp/0452284198/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/104-5124434-4875904?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180461161&sr=8-3


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Penzler Pick, January 2001: The 25th Hour is a wonderfully written first novel that convincingly portrays the New York City of Wall Street brokers and middle-class white drug dealers, the new affluent class in a city where money can buy you almost anything and is often the most important factor in young people's lives.

Monty Brogan is about to start his last day of freedom before turning himself into the authorities and serving a seven-year term for drug dealing. He's a charming young man who had always dreamed of being a fireman, following in the working-class footsteps of his father, who has had to put up his bar in Queens as bond so that his son can stay out of jail until his sentence begins. Monty, named for Montgomery Clift, does not know how he managed to get himself into this predicament. It was easy money and it carried so many perks, and you'll feel more than a little sympathy for this young man who has managed to kill his own dream for courtside seats at Madison Square Garden.

But before he goes to prison, Monty wants to have one last night out on the town with his two best friends. Frank Slattery is a bond trader, one of the best and most successful risk takers in a very risky business. The other is Jakob Elinsky, an English teacher who envies his friends' lifestyles but who has no intention of ever giving up his job for the easy money, despite the disillusionment of teaching high school students in a tough school.

The three young men enjoy the night into the early morning as they eat, drink, and visit the hottest spots in town. It's a sad night for Monty, but he has a plan that neither Frank nor Jacob know about--and it makes for a shocking ending to this brilliant and disturbing story. --Otto Penzler --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Publishers Weekly
HIn 24 hours, handsome 27-year-old drug dealer Monty Brogan will enter Otisville Federal Prison to do seven years hard time. His father wants him to run. His drug-lord boss, Uncle Blue, wants to know if he squealed. His girlfriend isn't sure what she wants, and his two best friends know one thing for sure: after he goes in, he will never be the same. In this character-driven crime novel, first-time novelist Benioff dazzles with a spellbinding portrait of three high school buddies confronting the consequences of their carefree youth on the streets of New York. Monty really wanted to be a fireman, but fell in love with "sway," the deference afforded a young man with important connections. For the past five years, he's been selling drugs for Uncle Blue in Manhattan, to moneyed and celebrity clients. His pal, maverick bond trader Frank Slattery, thirsts for serenity, but dreams of avenging old wrongs while fighting his covert lust for Monty's Puerto Rican girlfriend. Despite Monty's dismal future, shy Jakob Elinsky, an ethical, awkward high school English teacher, envies his friend's self-assurance with women as he struggles to control his own secret hunger for a talented writing student, 17-year-old Mary D'Annunzio. The three friends spend one last night together dancing and drinking at Uncle Blue's nightclub. Amid the false merriment, Monty is summoned upstairs to a heart-stopping confrontation with his former boss. Brilliantly conceived, this gripping crime drama boasts dead-on dialogue, chiaroscuro portraits of New York's social strata and an inescapable crescendo of tension. Monty's solution to his agonizing dilemmas will shock even hardened suspense lovers. Film rights to New Line Cinema for a movie to star Toby McGuire. (Jan.) Forecast: With the hip talk and high tension of Richard Price's Clockers, and the assured prose and grasp of character of a seasoned novelist, Benioff's debut may hit the cash registers right out of the gate. It's no wonder that Benioff has been nominated for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award, or that the book carries happy blurbs from George P. Pelacanos, Vincent Patric and Ann Patchett.





Das Buch soll auch top sein...
Titel: 25th Hour
Beitrag von: Thomas Covenant am 29. Mai 2007, 20:58:08
Slacker and Drugs-kein Stoff für mich. Solche Bücher meide ich eher. ;)
Titel: 25th Hour
Beitrag von: Lionel am 29. Mai 2007, 21:59:36
Der Film ist eine der größten Perlen überhaupt :!:
Titel: 25th Hour
Beitrag von: JasonXtreme am 30. Mai 2007, 08:33:44
Wäre eventuell echt was für Dich TC ;) der Film war jedenfalls top!
Titel: 25th Hour
Beitrag von: Lionel am 12. Juni 2007, 00:17:27
Für 1 Euro geklickt..aus Geldgründen sogar ausnahmsweise auf Deutsch...ich bin gespannt
Titel: 25th Hour
Beitrag von: Lionel am 20. Juli 2007, 12:03:20
Gerade beendet. Was soll ich sagen? Hammerstory einfach, da gibts nix. War halt nimmer gaaaaanz so interessant zu lesen, nachdem ich den Film schon 5, 6 mal gesehen hab. Der Film hat viele Dialoge direkt aus dem Buch übernommen, was ja eigentlich gut ist und auch so sein soll, ein gewisses Deja Vue-Feeling aber unvermeidlich werden lässt (wenn man den Film zuerst - und so oft wie ich - gesehen hat). Größtenteils hält sich der Film auch inhaltlich ans Buch, im Buch sind halt ein paar Details mehr und die Gedankengänge sind recht interessant, die in einem Film nun mal nicht so rübergebracht werden können. Andererseits sind im Film ein paar Details aus dem Buch "ausgeschmückt" worden, sodass die ganze Sache funktioniert. Die Schauspieler sind auf jeden Fall perfekt ausgewählt worden.
Dicke Empfehlung für alle, die den Film mögen, unbedingt das Buch lesen! Sind nur 222 Seiten und ist auch schon für ein Butterbrot (auf Deutsch zumindest) zu haben.
Titel: 25th Hour
Beitrag von: JasonXtreme am 23. Juli 2007, 08:48:55
Danke :D wird geholt