- Paperback: 286 pages
- Publisher: DC Comics (1 Feb 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1563893673
- ISBN-13: 978-1563893674
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 2.5 x 20.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 663,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Mario Puzo collides with Norman Rockwell in a compelling tale of past crimes and present consequences" - Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition)"
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A new edition of the hard-hitting graphic novel that inspired the Academy Award-nominated 2005 motion picture starring Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris and William Hurt.
In this suspenseful crime story, Tom McKenna is a family man who becomes an instant media celebrity when he thwarts a robbery at his own diner – a robbery attempted by wanted murderers. McKenna’s newfound fame draws the attention of a group of merciless mobsters who have been looking to settle a score with him for over 20 years. Now, as the killers descend upon his small town in Middle America, the Brooklyn native must face the actions of his youth and relive his past history of violence as he attempts to salvage the life he has built and keep his family out of harm’s way.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good movie, Great Book,
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This review is from: A History of Violence (Paperback)
I wouldnt agree with the reviews which suggest that A History Of Violence [DVD] [2005] was a bad film, I thought it was pretty good but it was an amazing graphic novel.I bought it when I found it by accident in a comic shop and didnt make the connection with the film of the same name right away, while there are similarities, its only similarities. Thematically they are both about a man who has repented of a violent past, involving the mob but who cant escape the legacy. However the film departs in a big way, possibly because it is just so, so shocking from both the content and the conclusion of the book. While the lead character having disfigured someone with barbed wire is hinted at in the film its actually portrayed in the book, there is further content which is even more shocking and sick. I would also credit this book for a number of sudden reversals which left me wondering right up to the finish how it would end and actually praying that it would have a happy ending rather than a sick tragic finish. There are not a lot of books or films or any media which can accomplish that. While there is not the same musing about violence or ambivalence as in the film there is a kind of contrasting of the expedient and the pathological or totally sadistic and psychopathic. There is not the same ability to portray the kinds of emotional competence or self-control which the protagonist has to display in order to be able to deploy force, violence, in the way that he does or how he maintains the double life/new persona. However there are great narrative captions which give better clues to the thinking of characters and back story. I highly recommend this book, especially to fans of books like Road to Perdition, which is not unlike it in some respects.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
No escape from the past…,
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This review is from: A History of Violence (Paperback)
A History of Violence is a gripping, hard-hitting crime thriller, where two young boys misadventures with the mob lead to devastating reprisals twenty years later. A real change of tone from Judge Dredd creator John Wagner, coupled with some scratchy but appropriately grimy black and white artwork from Cannibal Corpse cover-artist Vince Locke. The format is interesting too, abandoning the usual graphic novel size for a thick paperback novel format. Maybe a touch too long, and the boys gung-ho attack on the mob doesn’t really convince, but this is still a good solid dark crime comic.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing graphic novel,
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This review is from: A History of Violence (New Edition) (Paperback)
I must admit I've never seen the film, and I can see that this is a graphic novel that could be easily translated into a gore fest with little delicacy. However, the graphic novel treats what could be quite a sterotypical story with great deftness and feeling. Tom McKenna is in hiding, outwardly a pillar of his local small town, married with a little girl, the proprieter of a diner in an idyllic close knit neighbourhood. But when he shoots and kills one of a pair of predatory killers who try to rob him he becomes a media celebrity and attracts the interest of the mob. It is the characteristation, quality of drawing and careful touches which draw together the story of a man thrown back to memories of a traumatic coming of age. Very highly recommended.
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