検索キーワード： "hunter" 現代文学

This is an Irish novel set in Los Angeles and read by the author, the actor Chris Sullivan. It tells the story of Alfredo Hunter, a depressive Jewish/Irish playwright who is in Hollywood to make a killing in the film business. It also tells the story of the unknown narrator, who observes Alfredo's various fluctuations of mood and humor. Humor is to the fore in this novel of a building friendship between two Dubliners as they encounter the New World, with its new language and confusing mores.

Das junge Halbblut Sakenwah wird in Nogales von Sheriff Tamson, einem Indianerhasser, verhaftet und misshandelt. Doch Sakenwah, den alle Welt nur "Hunter" nennt, kann eine Botschaft zum Fort Buchanan schmuggeln lassen. Kurz darauf befreit ein Offizier Hunter. Mit Hilfe von Basil Osborne, dem Vorsitzenden des Stadtrates und Mitgliedern seines Stammes, den Mimbres-Apachen, klärt er einige Verwicklungen um Viehtriebe und kostbaren Wasserstellen auf.

William Lodger thinks his ambitions in life are perfectly normal. He experiences tragedy early in life, with the death of his younger sister and grandfather, he determines that he will never suffer again. William's ambitions if realized will have life-changing consequences. Will DI Ivor Gunn be able to stop the top level scientist before it is too late?

A young girl and her family accompany their housepainter father on a trip to collect his wages from a slow-paying customer and encounter surprising consequences. Winner of Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest 2007, Honorable Mention.