Título: The Evening News
Autor: Arthur Hailey
Sinopse: A private crisis becomes front-page news when terrorists target a TV anchorman and his family in #1 New York Times–bestselling author Arthur Hailey’s riveting novel set in the high-pressure network news industry Anchorman Crawford Sloane, a respected reporter who made his name as a Vietnam War correspondent, thrives on the unpredictability of life in the newsroom. Whether he’s covering the imminent crash of an airliner in distress, terror in South America, or riots in Eastern Europe, or dealing with the cold-blooded politics of one of America’s premier news organizations, he never loses his cool. With terrorism dominating the evening news, Sloane takes precautions because he knows that as the face of American democracy, he’s a prime target for radicals. But when terrorists kidnap his family, he’s no longer reporting the news; he’s living it. Unwilling to rely on the help of ruthless network executives or the intrepid reporter who was once a rival for the affections of his wife, Sloane sets out to track down the kidnappers himself—and he soon learns that pure terror can lie behind the headlines. Arthur Hailey (1920-2004), the author of eleven novels, many of which became #1 New York Times bestsellers, was born in Luton, England. He served as a pilot and flight lieutenant in the British Royal Air Force during World War II and immigrated to Canada in 1947. While working for a transportation trade magazine, he scored his first writing success with a television drama, and began to write screenplays full-time for various networks during the golden age of live television. His novel-writing career took off in 1959 with the publication of his first novel, The Final Diagnosis, and picked up velocity with Hotel and then Airport, which spent thirty weeks in the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list and became a blockbuster film.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “The Evening News”, de Arthur Hailey, publicado pela editora Corgi Books, em 1994 e com 647 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Corgi Books
Páginas: 647
Ano: 1994
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 0552136786
ISBN13: 9780552136785
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Corgi Books apresentam uma variedade que mescla fantasia com elementos históricos e narrativas contemporâneas, oferecendo ao leitor experiências que transitam entre o humor, o drama e o suspense. Muitas obras exploram mundos imaginativos, como reinos mágicos e universos fantásticos, ao mesmo tempo em que outras se ancoram em conflitos humanos mais realistas, como relações pessoais complexas e dilemas morais. O tom pode variar do cômico ao sombrio, com ritmo que ora é leve e divertido, ora tenso e reflexivo, sugerindo um catálogo que não se prende a um único estilo. Essa diversidade permite que o leitor encontre tanto histórias mais narrativas e emocionais quanto textos que se aproximam do ensaio ou da ficção científica.
