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Shooting Script (1966)

par Gavin Lyall

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'The vortex of Caribbean politics made even more turbulent by one of the most compelling of contemporary storytellers'New York Times Flying charter cargoes around the Caribbean wasn't quite the same as flying in Korea, but it was still a living, and Carr had built up a solid reputation over the years, managing to keep his hands clean. But when he is almost brought down by mercenary pilots flying for the newly instated La Republica government, he realises it is inevitable that things will get messy. As both the new government and the FBI seek his services, Carr takes a job flying a camera plane for a major Hollywood movie in order to escape the conflict. It soon becomes apparent, however, that his new employers have more in mind than aerial shots.… (plus d'informations)
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Former fighter pilot Keith Carr is living a quiet life as a charter pilot in the Caribbean, picking up cargo and taking the odd student up for flying lessons. Then he receives two lucrative offers in the space of a week. The one he accepts is to fly a film crew around to do some aerial shots for a film starring acclaimed Western actor Walt Whitmore. But revolution is in the air, and Carr may be compelled to take a part in it…

I found this a briskly paced book with lots of excellently technical discussion about planes. It has a kind of almost James Bond vibe, perhaps because it’s set on Jamaica and makes direct reference to Ian Fleming and his Goldeneye estate. This book features a handy female lead, J.B. the film company’s lawyer, and remarkable discretion in the romance department (of course there’s a romance! but it left me rolling very few eyes, so hurray).

This was included on the British Crime Writers’ Association’s list of the top 100 crime novels of all time, as established in 1990. I’m grateful to the compilers of the list for bringing this book to my attention; it looks like Lyall has some other airplane-related books that I’ll have to hunt for. ( )
1 voter rabbitprincess | Nov 5, 2020 |
Caribien, ca 1965.
Keith Carr har en fortid som jagerpilot i Korea, men ernærer sig nu som selvstændig i Caraibien. Det hænger ikke alt for godt sammen økonomisk, men han lader sig alligevel ikke friste af et tilbud om at blive jagerpilot under Oberst Ned Rafter. I stedet falder han i med et filmselskab, som er ved at optage en film i området. De vil godt til den republik, hvor Rafter træner flyvevåbnet - en flok aldrende Vampire fly og nogle halvgrønne piloter. Keith har ikke glemt alle tricks fra Korea, så da et af jagerflyene presser hans lille to-motorers Dove fly, lokker han det i en fælde og flyvevåbnet mister en Vampire og en pilot. Filmselskabet blander sig og Keith og filmfolkene slipper med at få flyet konfiskeret, inden de selv bliver smidt ud af landet. Keith har givet en lokal, Diego Jiminez Ingles, flyvetimer uden at vide at han var søn af oprørslederen i Republica Libre. Det finder han først ud af da Diego bliver fundet død. Filmholdet ser også ud til at være med i oprøret, for planen gik ud på at Diego skulle flyve et bombetogt mod Vampire styrken.
I stedet lader Keith sig overtale til jobbet. En skuespiller, Luiz Monterrey, kommer med som skytte. Og det går under togtet op for Keith at det var Luiz, der skød Diego for at sikre at det var en rigtig pilot, der skulle flyve bombetogtet - hvor bomberne forresten bliver erstattet af mursten, fordi bomberne aldrig når frem.
Togtet lykkes, for Vampirereskadrillen bliver uskadeliggjort, men den aldrende bombemaskine må nødlande på en nærliggende strand.
Ned Rafter dukker op og anholder Keith og Luiz. Filmmanden Whitmore dukker op sammen med den kvindelige sagfører J. B. som Keith har en affære med.
De rafler (med forfalskede terninger) og slipper ud, selv om Ned bliver skudt undervejs. Luiz bliver tilbage for at hjælpe revolutionen lidt på vej.
J. B., Keith og Whitmore flyver ud mod solnedgangen i Keith's nyistandsatte Dove.

Der er en masse hårdkogte bemærkninger, som falder dødt til jorden i dansk oversættelse. Udgaven er i det hele taget skæmmet af en dårlig oversættelse. ( )
  bnielsen | Jun 8, 2011 |
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'The vortex of Caribbean politics made even more turbulent by one of the most compelling of contemporary storytellers'New York Times Flying charter cargoes around the Caribbean wasn't quite the same as flying in Korea, but it was still a living, and Carr had built up a solid reputation over the years, managing to keep his hands clean. But when he is almost brought down by mercenary pilots flying for the newly instated La Republica government, he realises it is inevitable that things will get messy. As both the new government and the FBI seek his services, Carr takes a job flying a camera plane for a major Hollywood movie in order to escape the conflict. It soon becomes apparent, however, that his new employers have more in mind than aerial shots.

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