Heat 2

Informationen zum Autor Michael Mann is a world-renowned director, screenwriter, producer, and one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema. Mann has written and directed award-winning television movies and series (including Miami Vice and Crime Story) and feature films including Manhunter, The Last of the Mohicans, Heat, and Miami Vice. He has produced numerous feature films, including Academy Award-winner The Aviator and directed several commercially successful, critically acclaimed projects including the feature film Collateral and the pilot for the HBO series Luck. Mann has won many prestigious awards, including a BAFTA for Best Film (The Aviator), a Golden Globe for Best Picture/Drama (The Aviator), and an NBR Award for Best Director (Collateral). Mann lives in Los Angeles. Meg Gardiner is the author of sixteen acclaimed, award-winning novels. Her thrillers have been bestsellers in the U.S. and internationally and have been translated into more than twenty languages. Klappentext NOW A NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Michael Mann, Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat and Miami Vice, teams up with Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann's first crime novel, an explosive return to the world and characters of his classic film Heat - an all-new story that illuminates what happened before and after the film. Vorwort the thrilling new crime novel by award-winning film-maker Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner - an explosive return to the world of his film Heat - a No1 New York Times bestseller Zusammenfassung NOW A NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Michael Mann, Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat and Miami Vice, teams up with Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann’s first crime novel, an explosive return to the world and characters of his classic film Heat – an all-new story that illuminates what happened before and after the film. A Times Book of the Year 2022 ‘Michael Mann’s HEAT is one of my all-time favourite movies. HEAT 2 is now one of my favourite suspense novels’ JAMES PATTERSON Described by Michael Mann as both a prequel and sequel to the renowned, critically acclaimed film of the same name, HEAT 2 covers the formative years of homicide detective Vincent Hanna (Oscar winner Al Pacino) and elite criminals Neil McCauley (Oscar winner Robert De Niro), Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer), and Nate (Oscar winner Jon Voight), and features the same extraordinary ambition, scope, rich characterizations, and attention to detail as the epic film. This new story leads up to the events of the film and then moves beyond it, featuring new characters on both sides of the law, new high-line heists, and breathtakingly cinematic action sequences. Ranging from the streets of L.A. to the inner sancta of rival Taiwanese crime syndicates in Paraguay to a massive drug cartel money-laundering operation just over the border in Mexico, HEAT 2 illuminates the dangerous workings of international crime organizations and the agents who pursue them as it provides a full-blooded portrait of the men and women who inhabit both worlds. Operatic in scope, HEAT 2 is engrossing, moving, and tragic – a masterpiece of crime fiction from one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema. PRAISE FOR HEAT 2: ‘Sweep, self-confidence and a cinematic sheen make this the most immersive of reads’ The Times ‘A brilliant and riveting novel with rich and real characters and powerhouse storytelling…’ Don Winslow ‘An exciting, emotionally rich thriller, with just as much style and panache as Michael Mann's original classic heist movie’ Adrian McKinty, #1 International bestselling author ‘Easily one ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Meg Gardiner, Michael Mann, Don Winslow
• Verlag: Harper Collins Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 18.08.2022
• EAN: 9780008222758
• ISBN: 978-0-00-822275-8
• Abmessung: 153 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Thema: Belletristik > Spannung > Krimis, Thriller, Spionage