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The Fallen: A Novel
by: T. Jefferson Parker

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Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780060562380
ISBN: 0060562382
Label: William Morrow
Manufacturer: William Morrow
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: March 01, 2006
Publisher: William Morrow
Release Date: February 28, 2006
Studio: William Morrow
Sales Rank: 542457

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Product Description:

A good cop, Robbie Brownlaw was thrown from a sixth-floor window of a downtown hotel and miraculously survived. The traumatic incident left Robbie with a fast-track career in the San Diego P.D.'s Homicide division . . . and a rare neurological condition that enables him to see people's emotional words as colored shapes—green trapezoids of envy, red squares of deception . . .

Another good man lies dead in a blood-splattered Ford Explorer—an ex-cop-turned-ethics investigator whose private life was torn open by unthinkable tragedy. Whether Garrett Asplundh's death was suicide or murder isn't immediately apparent—but it's soon clear to Robbie and his smart, tough partner, McKenzie Cortez, that Garrett had hard evidence of sex, scandal, and corruption spreading deep into local government. But pursuing the truth could prove more emotionally devastating than Robbie ever imagined.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- padding excess!
allthough the book has a nice plot, has also padding in excess. Too bad for a book wich could be better.

Rating:

- Not quite, this time
I am a huge TJP fan, and have read all of his books. Sooner or later any great author hits a lull (which may still be better than what lesser writers offer on their best days). Well, this is his...

The book is not bad. It is just below TJP's standard. Its chief shortcoming is the endless first-person introspection. It slows down the plot, diminishes the richness of the other characters and drags on unforgivably long after the various plot threads have long been resolved and it's time to wrap up. Where was the editor when this happened?

I did finish the book without major regret. Even at his worst, TJP is still, well, ok. But I am looking forward to his return to his usual form.

Rating:

- Despite praise elsewhere, I find problems with prose, characterization and plotting
"The Fallen" is a San Diego-based police procedural (sort of). On the first page of the book, we are told that the protagonist--for I find it very hard to think of him as a hero in any meaningful way--of the book, policeman Robbie Brownlaw, had been tossed out of a sixth floor window by a man he had attempted to save from a fire. Against all reasonable expectations, Brownlaw had survived his fall. Before long, we are told the same thing again, and a few pages farther on, again, and then again and yet again.

From the drum-like repetition of this scene, for the first, oh, say 340 pages of this 369 page paperback novel, I innocently assumed that the title of the book referred to Brownlaw, the man who had fallen out of a window. Thereafter it becomes increasingly clear that ... Read More

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- Not a dective novel fan
But I really enjoyed this novel! I think it popped up when I put synesthesia into Amazon search. I took a chance and bought it.

I really liked this book. The characters were very multidimensional, and intriguing. It had a good ending, something I aways look for in a book.
I have put this on on a shelf, and consider it a keeper.

Rating:

- Desperately seeking some interest
Policeman Robbie Brownlaw develops synesthesia after surviving a 60-foot fall. He can actually see the colors and shapes of emotions when people speak to him. The premise of this book is that the synesthesia gives Robbie a unique aid when interviewing criminals. He can `see' if they are lying or frightened or angry. Unfortunately Robbie doesn't pick up shapes and colors when people are bored. If he did, he would have introduced some action or suspense into this deadly dull novel.

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