Way Down on the High Lonely, Don Winslow
Way Down on the High Lonely, Don Winslow
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Way Down on the High Lonely

Author: Don Winslow

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 9 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/10/2011

Synopsis

From domestic war to barroom brawls, grad-student-turned-PI Neal Carey's got more than studying on his plate.Neal Carey's three-year confinement in a Chinese monastery is finally over, but his troubles are just beginning. The elusive financial benefactors who have bought his freedom expect a return on their investment. They want him to find Cody McCall, a two-year-old boy recently abducted by his father in a bitter Hollywood custody battle, a task that will propel Neal from the glittering Hollywood hills to the remote wilds of Nevada.To find Cody, Neal has to turn outlaw in a land of two-bit casinos and roadside cathouses to infiltrate a vicious white supremacist group spouting hatred and dealing in terror. But the deeper undercover he goes, the deadlier the game becomes. Now Neal must force a showdown with the group's crazed leader and find Cody before the missing toddler ends up lost in a world of unspeakable evil.

About Don Winslow

American author, Don Winslow, has lived in many places around the world, but his favorite place, and now residence, is California. He was born in New York City, and did go back there as well during his young adult years before he became a full time writer. He actually grew up in a quiet town in Rhode Island, and credits his parents with his ambition to become a writer.......his librarian mother, who encouraged reading, and his Navy dad, who loved to tell stories.

In New York City, Winslow was a manager of Times Square theaters, and also a private investigator. He possessed two higher education degrees, one in African Studies and one in Military History. He even led safaris in Kenya and hiking trips in China. With all those varied jobs, the writing began easily for Author Winslow.

He has written: A Cool Breeze on the Underground, The Death and Life of Bobby Z, which was the book that was so successful it allowed him to be a full time writer. It and his book Savages were both adapted for film. His most recent novel, The Force, was licensed to 20th Century Fox and was due to be released in March, James Mangold, Director.

Winslow still lives in California with his wife, Jean. They have a son, Thomas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Yigal on January 27, 2020

lovely. funny. fun thriller. really good writer. a bit of mix of thriller with western with a touch of chinese kung-fu. great description of nature which are lovely but tend to be a bit to long, a funny picture of religious nazi fanatics, a bit too much "coral" fights but good natured adventure stor......more

Goodreads review by Martinis on October 06, 2018

Nonostante la trama ed i personaggi - soprattutto i personaggi - non totalmente convincenti, ho divorato il terzo tassello delle indagini di Neal Carey. Risulta perfetto se cercate una lettura scorrevole e poco impegnativa, che intrattenga e faccia sorridere spesso (cosa vi devo dire, il tipo di umo......more

Goodreads review by Arantxa on September 06, 2022

Lo malo de la saga de Neal Carey es que no se la puede comparar con el resto de la obra de Don Winslow. Por algún motivo, el autor quiso escribir algo mucho menos intenso, profundo, enérgico, y se limitó a una serie de historias entretenidas y rápidas que no ofrecen mucho más. La primera, Un soplo d......more

Goodreads review by Alessia on May 29, 2018

Io devo avere un dono per iniziare le storie nel mezzo e per ritrovarmi nel profondo ambiente rurale americano in grandi e aperti scenari abitati da: animali, prostitute, qualche famiglia perbene e un numero preoccupante di psicopatici sadici torturatori e assassini. Seriamente: sono un tipo suggest......more

Goodreads review by Ffiamma on November 29, 2017

terza avventura per neal carey che, dopo anni di esilio in un monastero cinese, si trova catapultato nel mezzo del nevada alla ricerca di un bambino scomparso. tra cowboy, vita dura e fanatismi di vario genere, la situazione è molto più complicata di quel che sembra e il protagonista si trova coinvo......more

Quotes

“Splendid.” New York Times Book Review

“The setting is true West and the wit is drier than sagebrush…Hard-edged action…In swift, sharp prose.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Full of entertaining derring-do.” Kirkus Reviews

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