Nelson Demille came into the world in New York in nineteen forty three, and brought up by his father, who was Canadian (serving in the US Navy in those years), and his mother, a native of Brooklyn. They moved to Elmont, Long Island and his dad found employment as a builder - his mother worked in the home, and raised Nelson and his three brothers. Demille was very interested in sports and was soon involved in football, wrestling and track whilst attending the Elmont Public school system, before leaving Memorial High School in 1962. Although he attended Hofstra University, Demille wasn't a graduate as he left early to go in the Army in nineteen sixty six, where he was enlisted for 3 years at the rank of infantry lieutenant. He additionally spent time in Vietnam and was a platoon leader, an experience which he uses in his novels Word Of Honor and Up Country, two notable examples of Nelson Demille books.
His first full length book, By The Rivers Of Babylon, was published In nineteen seventy eight, when it attracted great reviews and was additionally a financial winner. His later fourteen novels have carried on the tradition and augmented this first success. Several of his fictional characters have become favorites with the pubic and have been featured in film.
One of his highly successful books, The Gold Coast, moves along at a galloping pace, gives plenty of thrills, and is highly irreverent, which many readers might appreciate. Attorney John Sutter and his sexy wife Susan reside in a wealthy part of Long Island and have an idyllic existence, until the place next door is bought by a New York Mafia don!
John indeed has all the things that the good life brings, but he also has that familiar identity crisis that appears in middle age and needs some excitement. This is how Frank Bellarosa comes in.
They meet in a local nursery and become friendly, during which some favors are asked (and granted). As we might guess, Sutter is requested to defend Bellarosa in a trial for murder as the novel develops with sinister 'Godfather' undertones. Demille writes in the 1st person, from John's perspective, and his very funny comments, plus the extraordinary talent to genuinely make you feel you understand this Mafia gangster, make this book rightfully a memorable experience.
Not a lot actually goes on in the first half of the novel, but attempt and close it! Demille's way of writing is both cutting and very funny. It becomes increasingly clear that something disastrous is going to happen, and in the second half of the book, here it comes and big-time. Sutter tells his own story all the way though the book with a high level of sophistication and his character is a joy to read. He's different from John Corey, for example, the main character of "The Lion's Game" and "Nightfall" who was also great, but in a different, sarcastic kind of way.
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Peter Bruce is a freelance journalist operating out of Toulouse in France. Subjects covered include Nelson Demille books, and specifically Nelson Demille Gold Coast
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