The Last Man: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (697 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00A3MJSB2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 386 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Peter R. Nichols said D.W. Buffa, a hidden gem!. I don't write many reviews (not good at it and don't think the attempt is likely worth it to anyone). But this is one I am simply passionate about. I think I have now read everything Buffa has written (except one under another name which has not gotten a very good review from others, and except for a title, "Black Rose", that seems to be available only in German). What makes Buffa's books so satisfying to me is three things:First, Buf. JUSTICE Once in a while you find an author whose writing style suits you. It's not that you can't put the book down exactly but you just have something to look forward to when you have time to pick it up again.All of Buffa's books are compelling; he is a gifted writer who is more sure about Justice than the outcome of a trial. This book is very good. I enjoyed it immensely.. Buffa Does It Again "Winnie" All of Buffa's books are exceptional, 5 -star worthy every time. THE LAST MAN has one of the most intriguing plots imaginable and at every turn of the page I was totally captured. He writes in such a way as to have the reader wanting to rush to the end and at the same time relish each page so the the story keeps lasting. Read this book and then read another by D.W. Buffa!
Walter Bannister often told himself that he had nothing to complain about. His own life an empty shell, he has forgotten, if he ever knew, how to feel anything. There was no excitement in his life, no sense of adventure, nothing like what he thought he had seen in the movies of his childhood, the movies that had depicted the kind of life he thought he would live. Presiding over the murder trial of a man without conscience or remorse, he decides that people kill, not because they are abnormal, different from the rest of us, but for the sheer thrill of it. He wonders, he has to know, what it would be like to kill someone. Seen from the outside, the way others saw him, he had the perfect life: a respected judge, a house in Bel Aire, the fortunate son of a father who had become one of the richest men in Los Angeles, the husband of a woman, wealthy in her own right and just about the first person anyone would call who wanted a charitable event to be the kind of success everyone would be talking about for months. He had everything, and he had nothing at all. He becomes more and more obsessed with what drives someone to murder. Life was something lived by others, something he saw every day in his courtroom and never felt himself.With growing fascination,