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Desperadoes (Paperback)

by Joseph O'Connor (Author)
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  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Flamingo; New edition edition (7 Jun 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006546978
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006546979
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 235,456 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'An astonishing display of assured, emotive, witty writing. Read it.' Independent on Sunday 'This is a very entertaining novel. It is also a generously humane one.' Sunday Times 'Ireland's most brilliant storyteller.' Sunday Independent 'Desperadoes is an intelligent thriller that attempts to explore the way in which children always remain a mystery to the people who raise them.' New Statesman


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A telephone call shatters the calm of a Dublin summer morning bringing terrible news from war-torn Nicaragua: Johnny Little has been caught up in a mysterious skirmish and killed. Grief-stricken, his estranged parents Frank and Eleanor set out on the arduous journey to bring their wayward son home. It's a quest that will have profound consequences: in this hauntingly beautiful land of poetry, guns and frantic salsa music, nothing is quite what it seems ...

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A modern day adventure story, the best O'Connor book, 15 Jun 2000
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Desperadoes is, in my opinion, the best book that Joseph O'Connor has written. The story concerns an estranged couple, Frank and Eleanor Little and their search for their missing son in Nicaragua. The frosty atmosphere between Frank and Eleanor is in stark contrast to the heat of Nicaragua and the strained relationship between Frank and the members of his son's band which on a number of occasions threatens to boil over. Personality clashes become inevitable in the confines of a VW Camper. A hippy called Smokes quickly endears himself to the reader and so vivid is the writing that you will soon be joining Frank, Eleanor and the band members in their VW Camper searching for Johnny in the mountains of war torn Nicaragua. A great read, definitely recommended.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book that I've read in a long time ., 31 Aug 2001
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I laughed out loud and I cried to myself! I'm not very good at writing reviews but my advice is "read it" and I promise you won't be disappointed. It is perhaps the funniest and at the same time the most poignant novel that I,ve come across in a long time.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of his best, 15 Jun 2006
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Unlike one of your other reviewers I did not enjoy Star of the Sea, but I have read and enjoyed many of Joseph O'Connors books, and I rate this as one of his best alongside the Salesman. Be warned once you pick it up it is difficult to put down, I have just bought it again, because like all good books you want to lend it to your friends and then you never get it back do you!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Nicaraguita
I was particularly keen to read this book for two reasons. Firstly I immensely enjoyed O'Connor's sublime Star of The Sea and secondly because I spent an incredible three or four... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mandrake

3.0 out of 5 stars A good (but not memorable) read.
It might just be because this is already the forth book I read by Joseph O'Connor, but I honestly didn't find it memorable. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Francesconi Alessandra

2.0 out of 5 stars nothing to write home about
Its the first time I'd read a Joseph O'Connor book and to be quite honest I'd never heard of him before so I read it without expectation or prejudice. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Martin Grace

2.0 out of 5 stars Desperately disappointing
"Star of the Sea" was my first encounter with O'Connor and I was eager to read his back catalogue after its brilliance. Read more
Published 15 months ago by D. S. Ure

4.0 out of 5 stars I was there...!
This took me back, as I was In Nicaragua at the very time that this book was set, so the resonances were huge. Read more
Published 16 months ago by juan_for_the_money

4.0 out of 5 stars First class story teller
I personally made the mistake of reading the author's finest book yet 'the Star of the Sea' and then 'Desperados' - expecting the same consuming calibre of writing. Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2004 by Sara Crean-Muir

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