Double Play: A Thriller Novel - Suspense Crime Fiction Book for Adults - Perfect for Beach Reading & Book Club Discussions
Double Play: A Thriller Novel - Suspense Crime Fiction Book for Adults - Perfect for Beach Reading & Book Club Discussions

Double Play: A Thriller Novel - Suspense Crime Fiction Book for Adults - Perfect for Beach Reading & Book Club Discussions" (注:根据Google SEO规范,优化后的标题包含了主要关键词"Thriller Novel"和"Suspense Crime Fiction",明确了目标受众"Adults",并增加了使用场景"Beach Reading"和"Book Club Discussions"以提升相关性)

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“Parker pretty much defies category altogether in this deeply felt and intimately told memory tale, which takes place during the historic baseball season of 1947...Fusing this chapter of sports history with a hard-boiled gangster plot and haunting recollections of his own Boston boyhood, Parker fashions a hugely entertaining fiction.”—The New York Times1947: Jackie Robinson breaks major-league baseball’s color barrier—and changes the world. The event also changes the life of Joseph Burke, veteran of World War II and Robinson’s bodyguard—because under the media spotlight, hard truths are easier than ever to see, and harder to escape. And some can prove fatal.

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This is Parker on the stretch, away from his favorite characters, away from his Boston setting, plunged into the past. When he's stretched he's at the top of his form and demonstrates his moves on every page.Most of all, the Jackie Robinson story is a story about a time and the first third of the book is background. Parker does the postwar period masterfully and the interspersed personal chapters are a nice, innovative touch. They've drawn some criticism, unwarranted in my opinion.The characters are fresh, the plotting and dialogue as economical as the best Parker, the resolution touching. I read it straight through, disrupting all of my prior plans for the day, and not regretting a moment of it.
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