4 Stars
First, WTF is up with that blurb? Talk about a poster child for tl;dr! All you really need to know about this is it’s pretty amazing. But if you want more? Here you go . . .
November Road jumps off during a monumental moment in American history . . . . .
When small fries criminal Frank Guidry learns of the assassination of the President, he fears he may have unknowingly been a participant by possibly dropping off the getaway car of the sniper who actually committed the crime.
After this happens . . . .
He’s positive his boss and New Orleans’ mobster was the driving force behind the events and he recognizes pretty quickly he needs to get the eff outta Dodge. With a ruthless hitman hot on his tail, Guidry does whatever it takes to make it to the safe haven that will hopefully lend him a hand and get him out of the country – even if it means glomming on to a woman and her children in an attempt to hide his identity . . . . .
I received this book as a gift from one of my favorite book fairies here on Goodreads after she noticed I had added this to the TBR. She assured me that, despite the fact it didn’t fall into my usual type of read, I would like it. Boy was she right. The “what if” without a whole lot of detailed conspiracy theories regarding Kennedy’s death made this historical fiction juuuuuuuuuuuust right and the little blip about Vietnam thrown in at the end? Brilliant. A little noir, a little cat and mouse, and even a little doomed romance made this genre bender a one sitting reading experience for me.
Highly recommended.
November Road jumps off during a monumental moment in American history . . . . .
When small fries criminal Frank Guidry learns of the assassination of the President, he fears he may have unknowingly been a participant by possibly dropping off the getaway car of the sniper who actually committed the crime.
After this happens . . . .
He’s positive his boss and New Orleans’ mobster was the driving force behind the events and he recognizes pretty quickly he needs to get the eff outta Dodge. With a ruthless hitman hot on his tail, Guidry does whatever it takes to make it to the safe haven that will hopefully lend him a hand and get him out of the country – even if it means glomming on to a woman and her children in an attempt to hide his identity . . . . .
I received this book as a gift from one of my favorite book fairies here on Goodreads after she noticed I had added this to the TBR. She assured me that, despite the fact it didn’t fall into my usual type of read, I would like it. Boy was she right. The “what if” without a whole lot of detailed conspiracy theories regarding Kennedy’s death made this historical fiction juuuuuuuuuuuust right and the little blip about Vietnam thrown in at the end? Brilliant. A little noir, a little cat and mouse, and even a little doomed romance made this genre bender a one sitting reading experience for me.
Highly recommended.
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