Magic City

Hall, James W., III

ISBN 10: 1400104068 ISBN 13: 9781400104062

Publisher: Tantor Media Inc, 2007

Synopsis

A simple black-and-white photograph taken during the 1964 Cassius Clay–Sonny Liston fight on Miami Beach may hold the key to a horrific, politically motivated crime forty-two years earlier. After it mysteriously reappears, the photo is burned in an act of arson that sets off a modern-day killing spree reaching from the quiet neighborhoods of Miami to the back corridors of the White House.What the killer did not know is that a copy of the photograph still remains. When it falls into Thorn's hands, he and everyone close to him—including his beloved Alexandra—become the targets of madmen and trained hitmen, each of whom has a powerful motive to see the photograph destroyed…and each of whom will go to murderous lengths to make it disappear forever.

About this title

About the Author

Edgar Award–winning author James W. Hall has produced four books of poetry, a collection of short stories, a collection of essays, and fifteen novels, including Under Cover of Daylight, Tropical Freeze, Bones of Coral, Buzz Cut, and Red Sky at Night.

Richard Allen is a five-time Audie-nominated narrator whose work has been acknowledged on the Best Audiobooks Lists for Audiofile and Library Journal.

Reviews

Richard Allen has a rich, mellifluous voice, the kind that reassures you in slow, measured terms that everything is going to be all right. Unfortunately, it's the wrong kind of voice for a dark, fast-paced thriller. Magic City chronicles an array of inhumane behavior triggered by the hunt for a black and white photograph snapped 43 years ago. The latest adventure of Hall's heroic and resourceful beach bum, Thorne, is filled with violence, murder, broken romances, family betrayals and secrets that could change the history of Florida. It's the sort of material that demands a hard-edged if not hard-boiled delivery. Instead of matching the pace of the action, Allen slows things down to a crawl with a soft, unhurried rendition. When Hall writes: Permeating the house was the harsh acrid reek of a death chamber he clearly didn't mean for it to be read in a floating, unemotional singsong. There are audio books with narrators who are not quite the perfect fit for the material, but rarely does one find a mismatch this egregious.
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It was 1964 in Miami, a magical city where anything could happen. A brash young boxer named Cassius Clay defeated defending champion Sonny Liston in a bout that was deemed historic. A photographer who was shooting the crowd focused for a moment on an unlikely group: a mobster, a future mayor, and an anti-Castro leader--none of whom wanted to be seen together in print. The record of their coming together is a secret worth killing for, even four decades later. Richard Allen brings MAGIC CITY to life with his articulate, measured speech. He makes his words sound so compelling that listeners are pulled along in their wake. While MAGIC CITY is a gripping novel in itself, Allens delivery makes it a story listeners cant forget. M.S. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Edition details

• Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1400104068
• ISBN 13: 9781400104062
• Binding: Audio CD
• Number of pages: 12