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| AUTHOR: | Martin Limón |
| CATEGORY: | Book |
| MANUFACTURER: | Soho Crime |
| ISBN: | 1569473854 |
| TYPE: | Americans, Black market, Fiction, Fiction - Mystery/ Detective, Korea, Military intelligence, Mystery & Detective - General, Mystery/Suspense, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General |
| MEDIA: | Paperback |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
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Customer Reviews of Slicky Boys
I was surprised... One of the more original books that I have read lately, it is nice to have characters that are not sugar-coated. Recommend
Maybe I'm Biased...
Maybe I am biased, but I loved this book. The first one was great too. Having spent 2 years as a U.S.Army Korean Linguist, I quickly identified with a the book and the characters. Limon's use of GI terminology is still right on after all these years. Some of my best times were spent "running the ville" or drinking it up in Itaewon. Limon presents the immature behavior of young GIs in korea with a sense of poignancy and senitment.
Limon's portrayal of the characters in this book are as grey as they seemed in Korea. Good people doing not-so-good things. The GIs are partly to blame, and so are the Koreans, and this seems to be an issue that is never really dealt with by the brass over there. Limon tackles this issue in a non-judgemental way and tells things the way they are. It is a retrospective but unapologetic look at the way things are. The overall feeling is that Limon is simply regurgitating everything that he saw in the form of an entertaining mystery.
I would definitely recommend this book to anybody with fond memories of Korea. Without sounding to much like a romantic, I would even recommend this book to GIs currently lost in Korea. Like a pat on the back, Limon reminds us that maybe it's not as bad as it seems after all. Kick back and have a little fun while you are there. Learn a little bit about the culture, language, people etc...
Sueno and Bascomb in a made for TV movie
If "Jade Lady Burning" was a film noir, then this one is the made for TV movie. While Limon's first novel was really quite cerebral and the action required only minimal suspension of disbelief, this one involves too many "perils of Pauline" scenes which detract from the plot's plausibility. Nevertheless, it is a good read.