Peter Lime is trained to hunt down his prey and catch them on film. But now he is the one being hunted. Whose prey has he become? And what is it that he has that these people will kill to get?
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An alcoholic paparazzo's tragedy,
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This review is from: Lime S Photograph (Hardcover)
Leif Davidsen has written an intelligent and compelling thriller based on an unusual and unexpected protagonist. The hero (?) of "Lime's Photograph" ("Lime's billede" in the original Danish) is Peter Lime, a 50-year-old successful, but alcoholic, paparazzo who experiences a terrible tragedy.
Why did it happen? What does Peter Lime do to determine the cause? Will he be able to get on with his life after the tragedy? Despite the fact that an alcoholic paparazzo is not someone most of us can identify with the story works and we are caught up in it and keep reading to find out the secrets behind the terrible events. This is because the book is well-written and the story is fascinating, especially if the reader has an interest in modern European history and was young in the 1960's. It's all there: the hippie movement of the 60's, the cold war, the socialist movement, the death of Franco, the KGB, the Stasi, the ETA, the IRA, the EU, the fall of the Berlin wall, the re-unification of Germany, bullfighting, globalization, Hemmingway. It's a very European story, taking place in Spain for the most part (Madrid and San Sebastian) but with some parts happening in Copenhagen and Berlin and Moscow. Leif Davidsen's characters come across as real people and he spends a lot of time (too much, perhaps - the story drags at times) talking about human nature and philosophizing about human relationships and growing old and the tragedy of war. Still, I prefer a thriller that drags because of being too realistic than a thriller with cardboard clichés and no realism. I did have one major problem with "Lime's Photograph". One of the "bad guys" is obviously based on a known Danish woman who caused a scandal in Denmark in the late 1990's, although the character in the book is a very distorted version of this person. I don't think it's proper to make fictional characters that are so obviously based on real people, and especially not when they are made far more sinister than the real person. This review is based on two "readings" of the book: Several months ago I listened to the audio version in the original Danish read by Leif Davidsen himself, and recently I read the English translation. I can mention that although it's always interesting to hear a book read by the author, that Mr. Davidsen is unfortunately a very poor reader. As for the English translation, it is quite good - one doesn't feel that one is reading a translation. I did have the Danish book available while I was reading the English translation and I made a few comparisons without finding any mistakes. Highly recommended if you like realistic thrillers based in Europe and especially if you were young in the 1960's. Rennie Petersen
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Dangerous Shots of the Beautiful Life,
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This review is from: Lime's Photograph (Paperback)
Dangerous Shots of the Beautiful Life, A Book Review of Lime's Photograph by Leif Davidsen, 2002, Vintage Press, p. 374.Peter Lime is the central character, a lone wolf that has settled down with his mate, fathered and attended to his child and then faces extreme tragedy. All the while photographing, philosophizing, feeling what a man must feel and he is living the life of a radical lefty turned paparazzo with all the infamy and trappings that accompany the hunting and close proximity to the rich and famous. "I made my living from today's narcissism and insatiable appetite for gossip. I was the man sitting in the middle of the global village square, passing on gossip about the famous." He is an intriguing character who is a weak but handsome man. His weakness is drink. His handsomeness is aging; he holds on to his thinning hair by his ponytail, wears kind of tough-guy styles and practices Karate. Leif Davidsen transports the reader through Lime's various trips through the Basque, Spanish and Danish countryside, and back in time to the radical left of 1970's, the Berlin Wall coming down at the end of the 1980's, and the glamorous life of the 1990's. Lime knows interesting people "Oscar was a very big man, but he kept himself trim. He had a bit of a belly, but it wasn't too pronounced, his broad shoulders were imposing and counterbalanced the bulk of his girth. He had a broad face, clean-shaven now, and peculiarly small, brown eyes.. He was a born salesman and had the ability to sell in such a way that the customer felt honored to be allowed to do business with him. He loved selling. He was essentially a manipulator of people. And, like all great seducers, his moral code was a little dubious. I was glad he was my friend and not my enemy." Or meet a former associate Lola: "She reinvented herself constantly, giving herself new roles, new identities and back grounds, she wrote her own history and didn't worry about tangling herself up in lies and inconsistencies. Each time she created a new myth, she became convinced that it was true." The book is filled with nice philosophizing and occasional ruminations: "If you live by the media, you die by the media. Either abruptly, or that slow, painful death, when no one points the viewfinder at you any more. When you're no longer a story, just a memory. When emptiness strikes and the flashbulbs go out. Fame can be both a drug and an aphrodisiac Lime's Photograph's centralizes around a "paparazzo". As noted in the front of this book, "this termed was coined by the Italian film director Federico Fellini, who used the word as description of a "gossip" photographer in the film La Doce Vita in 1960. A paparazzo is a photographer who, like any hired assassin, lies in wait to capture the rich and famous in his viewfinder." There was informative detail, compelling plot, an enigmatic lead character and that makes good reading. If you loved Henning Mankell's Inspector Wallander, and Ian Rankin's, Inspector Rebus, you'll add Leif Davidsen and his character Peter (Pedro) Lime to your list and look for more! You'll be captivated by this suspense and political intrigue thriller.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A compelling tale,
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This review is from: Lime's Photograph (Paperback)
Peter Lime is a paparazzo who leads a charmed life. He has just successfully photographed a Spanish minister in a compromising position with a beautiful young Italian actress. He stands to make a lot of money from these pictures. He is also married to a woman he is very much in love with and has a daughter. However, his whole life starts to unravel when he is arrested for the pictures. While imprisoned his home is destroyed in an explosion. Lime must discover who wants him dead and why.Leif Davidsen has written a compelling tale of a man's loss and the necessary path he must take into his past to get at the reason for his loss. It also concerns how he deals with rebuilding his life. This is a well written tale but there are many instances where Mr. Davidsen gets bogged down in details with a resultant slackening of the pace. Nonetheless, a recommended read.
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