Destroying Angel

By Richard Paul Russo

Book Overview

"Truly gripping . . . a lot more realistic than most near-future SF, as well as being just plain better written than most of it." -- Science Fiction Chronicle In the crumbling San Francisco of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0441142737
• ISBN13: 9780441142736
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Ace
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.8" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

wow..

This is such a wonderful series of books. I picked them up at a used bookstore and I can't believe they are out of print. Working in a bookstore myself I read all the time, and these are some of the best novels I've read in a long time.

Excellent Thriller

The first novel of the Carlucci trilogy is less about Frank Carlucci than it is about retired officer Louis Tanner, but it shares the same locale, wild thrills, unexpected turns and taut writing. Russo creates a believable near-future, fully fleshed-out with characters who continue on through the rest of the trilogy. Carlucci is introduced and appears, but he plays only a "second banana" role. The story in this book sets up the remaining two novels, and if you read one you'll want to read all three of this excellent set. I only wish I'd been able to read them in proper order.Let's hope this novel is back in print shortly and becomes easier to find. It deserves it!!!

Love it!!!!

A great novel, and a lot of fun. You have to read it

Blade Runner in San Francisco. Loved it!

I spotted this book in the book store, and grabbed it because the cover looked interesting. I absolutly could not put it down. It is fast paced and the prose is excellent. I love Russo's sense of what the future could be. This is my favorite of his novels and I highly recommend it. I bought it in 1993, and have read it at least ten times. It is what I consider to be a nearly perfect novel.