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Title: West from Singapore by LOUIS L'AMOUR ISBN: 0-553-26353-6 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good sea stories, and a lot of fistfights!
Comment: I'd been looking for some more sea stories after reading a Hammond Innes book which got me interested in that genre, and I'd also been re-visiting some L'Amour westerns which I enjoy when I stumbled onto L'Amour's "West From Singapore" - I had no idea that L'Amour had written any sea stories! I found this book interesting, and good enough reading, if you don't mind all the long drawn-out detailed-descriptions of fist-fight scenes (maybe it's a "girl-thing", but I sometimes just skipped the blow-by-blow fistfight descriptions, especially the fights that go on for numerous paragraphs/pages, and jump ahead to who won - although I did find it interesting that the hero uses some martial arts stuff, kicks etc, rather than just relying on brute force or whatever). This book probably also more characters (bad-guys) that get done in (the star seems to prefer shooting them in the stomach, but as bad-guys they probably deserve it), than in most L'Amour books - and people used to complain that TV shows had too many killings! Probably realistic though...? Anyway, this book continues with one of the really NICE things that I like about L'Amour's writing, which is his smoothly-written descriptions of stuff - makes you feel like you're actually there. I also appreciate the fact the L'Amour doesn't rely solely on dialogue to tell his stories.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Creation of A Quite Likable Guy
Comment: Fantastic, simply fantastic. This modern day adventure is so great that once you start, you'd never be able to put down. Ponga Jim Mayo is one of L'amour's greatest creation and inspiration. An earlier version of Indiana Jones but deeper and more likable.
Rating: 5
Summary: A refreshing change of pace.
Comment: Written in the period of time BEFORE the US entered WWII. A most refreshing change of pace. I originally checked this book out at the library and once I read it I had to buy it.
The writing is everything you expect from Louis L'Amour except that it takes place on the seas and islands of singapore circa 1935 - 1941, instead of the American west of 1865 - 1895.
You can tell (if you did not already know) that Mr. L'Amour had spent time as a Merchant Marine in this area at that time, from the references he makes to the ships and general area in which the action takes place. Both of which changed dramatically after WWII.
This book, like almost all of his books, will hold your interest and be hard to put down.
It is hard to find in the system but well worth the looking.
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Title: Night Over the Solomons by Louis L'Amour ISBN: 0553266020 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1986 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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Title: The Hills of Homicide by Louis L'Amour ISBN: 0553241346 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 May, 1984 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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Title: Yondering by Louis L'Amour ISBN: 0553282034 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1989 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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Title: The Outlaws of Mesquite by LOUIS L'AMOUR ISBN: 0553287141 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: With These Hands by Louis L'Amour ISBN: 055358491X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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