Bohemian Heart

by James Dalessandro

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312097565
• ISBN13: 9780312097561
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent film noir novel

Bohemian Heart is a wild ride from beginning to end. Reminiscent of the great noir films of the forties and fifties. The characters are well drawn and the plot twists and turns to what feels like an inevitable conclusion. A very satisfying read and a fun one as well. Highly recommended for noir fans.

Totally Awesome

This book was amazing...I've never read a book as descriptive as this before. And considering my age (I'm only fifteen, I'm on my dad's account), I've read a lot of books. It sends you through San Francisco with a man, simply starting out with trying to solve a case for a distressed woman who is pretty much labeled as 'guilty'. But as he gets to know her, he slowly falls in love with her until he's almost entirely enamoured. While I'm pretty young for the description, I didn't mind. I think it was entirely brilliant. In fact, I had never heard of James until my friend Cassi introduced me to this book. He is her uncle, so I guess that's the only way I became fortunate enough to read the book. All in all, it is a magnificent book. I suggest anyone to read it if they are of a decent age for some of the sexual content. It drags you into a very well thought out mystery that takes place after years of fighting between two families. Mr. Dalessandro has done an amazing job, and I look forward to reading more of his books.

The book has become a classic, a collector's item.

I'm James Dalessandro, the author of Bohemian Heart. I'm a veteran screenwriter who returned to his first love, fiction, out of frustration with Hollywood. I'm amazed at the reception of Bohemian Heart, many reviewers compared it to the work of Dashiell Hammet, Raymond Chandler, Scott Turow, etc. It covers 100 years of San Francisco history in a contemporary mystery, and it's full of the politics, corruption and colorful characters who populate one of the world's great cities. It's prequel "1906", about the San Francisco earthquake and similar issues, is scheduled for a winter, 2000 release. A film adaptation of Bohemian Heart is on the way. I think it's funny, literate, and constantly surprising. I hope it finds its way to more and more readers....James Dalessandro