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Thirst [Hardcover]

Stephen Amidon
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (30 Mar 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747511446
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747511441
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,784,928 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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As a child, Daniel had been abandoned by his father. Now, 13 years later, his father suddenly wants to come back into his life. The reunion doesn't go as planned however, and Daniel finds himself travelling to Arizona, where he discovers a step-mother his own age, and a troubled half-brother.

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2.0 out of 5 stars No plot, but good all the same, 28 Dec 1998
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The so called plot here revolves around shady business deals in the desert perpetrated by an ex-alcoholic who dies suddenly leaving his estranged out-of-work actor son to fly in from England and unravel the mystery from only a curious list of names found in a briefcase. The novel then proceeds to fail its own hackneyed plot device, botching its attempt at conventional detective intrigue. The sense about half way through that the author has no clue where he's going is confirmed by the ludicrous events of the clumsily appended finale. Fortunately for Amidon, the book redeems itself with a precisely evoked desert atmosphere, a sensitive portrayal of human relationships fractured by alcohol abuse and some memorably surreal set pieces, including one involving a drunken widow and a killer cactus! Worth a look for its style if you can bear the absence of direction.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Flawed but not without merit, 28 Dec 1998
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The so called plot here revolves around shady business deals in the desert perpetrated by an ex-alcoholic who dies suddenly leaving his estranged out-of-work actor son to fly in from England and unravel the mystery from only a curious list of names found in a briefcase. The novel then proceeds to fail its own hackneyed plot device, botching its attempt at conventional detective intrigue. The sense about half way through that the author has no clue where he's going is confirmed by the ludicrous events of the clumsily appended finale. Fortunately for Amidon, the book redeems itself with a precisely evoked desert atmosphere, a sensitive portrayal of human relationships fractured by alcohol abuse and some memorably surreal set pieces, including one involving a drunken widow and a killer cactus! Worth a look for its style if you can bear the absence of direction.
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