Island

by Russ Hall

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966617363
• ISBN13: 9780966617368
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Tropical Press
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

fishing for adventure?

If you look at the back of this book the first word printed is suspense. That is exactly what is in store for the reader. With multiple scenes leading to imminent death, you never know when someone will die. And they do. Plus Russ Hall puts the twists in the right spots to pull you through the story then surprise you in the end. And the biggest surprise is what will be the reward to the characters when its all said and done. This is a great Bahamian pirate suspense book that is a good addition to the Island book collection. And it makes you rethink your vacation plans. It's so plausible it could happen to you.

Hall's Best

I have read all of Russ Hall's books. They are all very good; this one is the best of the bunch. Hall mixes mystery, suspense, intrigue, and a minor revolution in the Bahamas with full characterizations and a true novelist's treatment of important existential themes. What is a good person? When does might make right? When is turning the other cheek merely cowardice? What is love and why do we even bother? All important questions. . . . Hall does not preach them. He weaves them into a thrilling narrative and character development. And the book has a truly wonderful character in it, a fellow named Rolf. Rolf is every bit the 20th/21st century Shakespearean Falstaff. A character of immense joy and mischief.

Vacation Goes from Bad to Worse

Rolf alone is character enough to merit reading this book. He's the Falstaff and potentially dangerous comic relief to a narrator who's as overwhelmed as we would be by the situations these people face when a paradise grows teeth and turns ugly. Read this book, and get your friends copies too!

A Tropical Treasure

This is Hall's best effort yet. The reader is swept into the tropical Bahamian world and a memorable, although eclectic, collection of characters. The action quickens as the trio set out for a day of fishing, wind up battling the elements and bad luck, only to return to the island where things have taken an unexpected turn...and not for the better. Hall writes with the authority of one who knows the Bahamian locale first hand, and has experienced many of the hardships his charactures endure. Great read.