Friday, July 26, 2019

Cari Mora by Thomas Harris



(hb; 2019)

From the inside flap

“Half a ton of a dead man’s gold lies hidden beneath a mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront. Ruthless men have tracked it for years. Leading the pack is Hans-Peter Schneider. Driven by unspeakable appetites, he makes a living fleshing out the violent fantasies of other, richer men.

“Cari Mora, caretaker of the house, has escaped from the violence in her native country. She stays in Miami on a wobbly Temporary Protected Status, subject to the iron whim of ICE. She works at many jobs to survive. Beautiful, marked by war, Cari catches the eye of Hans-Peter as he closes in on the treasure. But Cari Mora has surprising skills, and her will to survive has been tested before.”


Review

Cari is a fun, fast-moving summer read, highlighted by Harris’s quirky, mordant humor, violence and gore, as well as a few pointed political references. I read this 300-page treasure-hunt novel in one sitting, something I rarely do. Fans of Harris’s other books─particularly his Hannibal quadrilogy─may well appreciate his humor, although this is a relatively light read (on the surface), when compared to his other books. This is worth checking out from the library, or owning, for the price of a regular-sized paperback.

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