Laundering billions of dollars at the WASPS empire headquarters, lovers Gainer and Leslie plot the ultimate heist against the deadly stuffed shirts at 19 Purchase Street, in a story of greed, murder, and revenge. Reprint. PW. NYT.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
You gotta read this book.,
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This review is from: 19 Purchase Street (Hardcover)
This book really should be made into a movie. It's got all the elements for a good thriller flick. Glamour, suspense, intrique. I loved it. The death by bread in the shower scene alone is worth the read. Find this book and read it! It's been years since I've read it, but I have never given up looking for that house full of money on "19 Purchase Street." Kevin Spacey was born to play the lead in this story.
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I've Been Rereading This Book Since Childhood,
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This review is from: 19 Purchase Street (Paperback)
From the moment I first found this wonderful book on the mahogany shelves of my parents' expansive library, I was hooked. So much glamour, intrigue, passion, and an undertone of evil (a WASP mafia--who knew?), I couldn't resist. Many plot twists continue to keep the pages turning, and it has that classic timelessness the way so many 70s potboilers do. You jet across the globe (in a Concorde, now sadly defunct, of course) from NYC to Zurich to Paris to Ellis Island back to Suburban Connecticut. I haven't read any of Browne's other books, but it's always been on my to-do list. Start with this one and discover his expert crafting and addictive prose.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun and undemanding brain candy,
By Kristin (Western WA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 19 Purchase Street (Hardcover)
Gerald Browne's thrillers tend to have a definite formula: the protagonist is always a man on the up, in love with a fabulously wealthy but quirky woman and with a grudge against the baddies. And he always ends up having to pull an impossible heist against the baddies, with an ingenious plan.
If you are not looking for great intellectual moments, this book delivers. The fabulously wealthy woman is adorably quirky, the baddies are very bad, the grudge is appropriately deep and the heist is indeed impossible and therefore the ingenious plan is massively entertaining. There's plenty of vicarious "how the rich live" stuff, multiple high-action gunfights, Browne's signature cynical dry humor and even a happy ending for the hero (and his fabulously wealthy, quirky lady).
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