本書での事件は、コロンバイン・ハイスクール銃撃事件とほぼ同じ。
Spenserが事件を調べ始めると、学校関係者、家族、弁護士、地元警察など
関係者すべてが、事件を忘れるため「犯人たち」を早く監獄へ送ろうとしている。
そして「犯人」たちも罪を認め、生きることを諦めている。
状況がどこかおかしいその理由を見つけるまで、Spenserの探索は止まらない。
"Double Deuce"にて(Hawkの助言を容れず)Spenserが殺さなかった黒人少年、Major Johnsonが30過ぎのアウトローとして本書に登場する。
彼はストリートギャング生活を生き延び、そして(ギャングの世界から足を洗ってはいないものの)"The man"に近づいていた。
"Double Deuce"当時のMajorは「生きていける」ことが不思議ですらある黒人居住区で必死に「生きて」いた。
一方本書は、親の庇護で苦労無く「生きていける」はずの白人社会で「生きて」いない白人青少年たちの話である。
本書ラストでのSpenserとRitaとの会話を読むと、Spenserも若いころとはかなり変わったなあと思う。
でもその変わり方はとても真摯でSpenser的であり、その点でSpenserはずっとこれからもSpenserなんだろうと思う。
個人的には、Major登場あたりからぐんぐん面白くなった。そういうところはきっちりSpenser Nobelです。
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サンプル サンプル
School Days. A Spenser Novel ペーパーバック – 2006/7/5
英語版
Robert B. Parker
(著)
- 本の長さ304ページ
- 言語英語
- 出版社Berkley
- 発売日2006/7/5
- 寸法10.72 x 2.16 x 17.32 cm
- ISBN-10042521091X
- ISBN-13978-0425210918
登録情報
- 出版社 : Berkley (2006/7/5)
- 発売日 : 2006/7/5
- 言語 : 英語
- ペーパーバック : 304ページ
- ISBN-10 : 042521091X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0425210918
- 寸法 : 10.72 x 2.16 x 17.32 cm
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トップレビュー
上位レビュー、対象国: 日本
レビューのフィルタリング中に問題が発生しました。後でもう一度試してください。
2006年8月11日に日本でレビュー済み
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2012年9月15日に日本でレビュー済み
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高校銃乱射事件の容疑者の無罪を信じる容疑者の祖母からの依頼をスペンサーは引き受ける。容疑者はすでに犯行を告白して刑務所にいる。スペンサーは聞き込みを始めるが、銃乱射事件の動機、犯行に使われた銃の入手方法、購入資金、銃の射撃訓練が不明だった。容疑者に面談するが、彼は真相についてはかたくなに沈黙する。容疑者の両親、校長、スクールカンセラー、地元の警察署長との面談では、事件についてスペンサーが穿り返すのを嫌っていることがわかる。ある張り込みを通して、スペンサーは意外な真相への手がかりを得る。
2005年9月30日に日本でレビュー済み
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ボストン郊外の高校で銃撃事件発生、多くの死者が出る。犯人は2人の高校生。スペンサーが、犯人の1人の祖母(スーザンが年をとるとこうなるような魅力的な女性)から、事件の真相究明を依頼される。その犯人とされる孫は、実は事件現場で逮捕されたのでなく、事件後捕らえられたのである。本当に彼が事件を起こしたのか、それならその理由は何か?事実は、なかなか判明しない。しかしスペンサーはしぶとい。ついに、真相をつきとめる。ところで、今回スーザンは学会の仕事で、ボストンを離れている。彼女の留守中、愛犬パールの世話をしながら、探偵の仕事を続けるスペンサーの奮闘ぶりが面白い。
他の国からのトップレビュー
Neil T
5つ星のうち5.0
Excellent
2024年4月9日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Typical Spenser fare - but with no Hawk! Our wise-cracking PI is looking to determine why two young men shot up their school and killed and wounded several people. Needless to say not everyone is being helpful.
Well written, pacey, a mix of humour and action, what's not to like?
Well written, pacey, a mix of humour and action, what's not to like?
Navneet Singh
5つ星のうち5.0
Spenser is Best
2021年3月19日にインドでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
This book lived up to its promised roller coaster of suspense. I can eagerly wait for another one! Not sure if any new ones coming.
NicShef❤️Reading
5つ星のうち5.0
Fascinating...
2017年12月17日にオーストラリアでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Although quite gripping and suspenseful, with Spenser as usual putting his life on the line, this is a very thought-provoking book.
Robert B. Parker latest novel addresses the growing number of school shootings in the US. He did so with his signature quirky narrative, yet beneath this there are serious observations about cause and effect, and responsibility for actions which makes this riveting reading.
Spenser, our unique yet highly entertaining investigator, is lying low in his office when Lily Ellsworth, a wealthy grandmother marches in whose grandson was involved in a school shooting in a flashy white suburb of Boston. She refuses to believe he's guilty and engages Spenser to prove the seventeen-year-old boy’s innocence.
Spenser's determination to find the "why" was a great premise for the plot in SCHOOL DAYS, # 33 in the series (but like all of these novels can be read stand alone or out of order). Spenser heads to Bethel County, Massachusetts and discovers no one wants him there. The untangling of this mess unravels other sordid goings on in the area.
Chief Cromwell is full of bluster, and he doesn’t want Spenser asking questions because of his own guilt — (he got the initial call and wasn’t experienced enough to know how to react). Garner, the school principal, would also like to put the tragedy behind the school.
With one boy, Wendell, fingering the other, Jared, and then Jared confessing that he’s guilty, it seems cut and dry. But Spenser is Spenser, and there’s something here he can’t quite put his finger on. When Spenser realises the story he’s getting in regard to Jared’s school life — from other kids — is in stark contrast to what the guidance counsellor is telling him that Jared told her, he takes off the gloves and does some more serious poking around. It leads to discovering academic betrayals of trust, blackmail, and unplanned murders.
There is a lot going on here, from failure to flourish to sexual blackmail. When Spenser finally gets to the bottom of the why regarding the shooting, he’s in for another revelation.
Ultimately, this is Spenser in fine form, He is a great character and always provides a fun and enjoyable read. The story is outstanding with twists and turns which follow are fascinating. Highly recommended.
Robert B. Parker latest novel addresses the growing number of school shootings in the US. He did so with his signature quirky narrative, yet beneath this there are serious observations about cause and effect, and responsibility for actions which makes this riveting reading.
Spenser, our unique yet highly entertaining investigator, is lying low in his office when Lily Ellsworth, a wealthy grandmother marches in whose grandson was involved in a school shooting in a flashy white suburb of Boston. She refuses to believe he's guilty and engages Spenser to prove the seventeen-year-old boy’s innocence.
Spenser's determination to find the "why" was a great premise for the plot in SCHOOL DAYS, # 33 in the series (but like all of these novels can be read stand alone or out of order). Spenser heads to Bethel County, Massachusetts and discovers no one wants him there. The untangling of this mess unravels other sordid goings on in the area.
Chief Cromwell is full of bluster, and he doesn’t want Spenser asking questions because of his own guilt — (he got the initial call and wasn’t experienced enough to know how to react). Garner, the school principal, would also like to put the tragedy behind the school.
With one boy, Wendell, fingering the other, Jared, and then Jared confessing that he’s guilty, it seems cut and dry. But Spenser is Spenser, and there’s something here he can’t quite put his finger on. When Spenser realises the story he’s getting in regard to Jared’s school life — from other kids — is in stark contrast to what the guidance counsellor is telling him that Jared told her, he takes off the gloves and does some more serious poking around. It leads to discovering academic betrayals of trust, blackmail, and unplanned murders.
There is a lot going on here, from failure to flourish to sexual blackmail. When Spenser finally gets to the bottom of the why regarding the shooting, he’s in for another revelation.
Ultimately, this is Spenser in fine form, He is a great character and always provides a fun and enjoyable read. The story is outstanding with twists and turns which follow are fascinating. Highly recommended.
Corby
5つ星のうち4.0
Another Great Spenser book
2014年8月25日にカナダでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Great read as always, Spenser is in good form. This one does not star Hawk nor Susan.
Greggorio!
5つ星のうち5.0
THE ULTIMATE SPENSER NOVEL!
2013年5月17日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
This story starts off as slow and cold as a winter's day in Boston but ends up being arguably the finest Spenser novel Mr Parker ever wrote, and surely one of the all time great detective stories. The ending to the case is simply brilliant and completely satisfying as well as sufficiently complex to allow the reader to forgive Mr Parker for the slow start. A detective story this brilliant with such a strong social conscience needs to be recognised so it is a shame this book did not receive any official recognition from the industry at the time of its release.
Anyway, Spenser is hired to clear a school student of a mass murder charge but no body is talking and everybody (including the local police) wants the case - and Spenser - to go away. Our man Spenser soon finds out how easy it is to come up against brick walls and before he knows it he has made more enemies than friends on this case. This story is Susan- less and the entertainment factor drops a little without her sexiness to heat up the pages on a cold winter's night.
But Spenser being Spenser, we know that he is up to the job of sticking up for the wronged and just like Superman, he is sure to fight for truth, justice and the American way. Spenser has a feeling of wrongness about the case; early on in the story, he just doesn't know exactly WHAT is wrong. The more he digs, the less he knows but stubbornness prevails and he finally makes a breakthrough which rips the heart out if the bad guys.
The sharp, biting and amusing dialogue is there as per Mr Parker's usual high standard and so once again this is another fantastic mystery and great purchase from the world's greatest book store!
BFN Greggorio
Anyway, Spenser is hired to clear a school student of a mass murder charge but no body is talking and everybody (including the local police) wants the case - and Spenser - to go away. Our man Spenser soon finds out how easy it is to come up against brick walls and before he knows it he has made more enemies than friends on this case. This story is Susan- less and the entertainment factor drops a little without her sexiness to heat up the pages on a cold winter's night.
But Spenser being Spenser, we know that he is up to the job of sticking up for the wronged and just like Superman, he is sure to fight for truth, justice and the American way. Spenser has a feeling of wrongness about the case; early on in the story, he just doesn't know exactly WHAT is wrong. The more he digs, the less he knows but stubbornness prevails and he finally makes a breakthrough which rips the heart out if the bad guys.
The sharp, biting and amusing dialogue is there as per Mr Parker's usual high standard and so once again this is another fantastic mystery and great purchase from the world's greatest book store!
BFN Greggorio