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Judge Savage: A Novel
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Best Contemporary Novel in Years
  • Interesting but flawed
  • a smart, gripping, beautifully written novel
  • very good
Judge Savage: A Novel
Tim Parks
Manufacturer: Arcade Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1559707402

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"There is no life without a double life. And yet one grows weary..." Recently promoted to the position of Crown Court judge-jealous colleagues suggest it might be because he is black-Daniel Savage decides at midlife that it's finally time to settle down, foreswear philandering, and rededicate himself to his family. His career demands the most responsible behavior-he must be above suspicion. But Savage has been leading a double life for far too long, and a young woman from his past-who holds a secret that could ruin his career and marriage-begins making mysterious calls to his house. As tangled lies are solemnly ironed out in his court, Judge Savage finds his own existence suddenly descending into a mess of violence and confusion, and attempts desperately to get a grip on his world in the face of increasingly certain disaster.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Best Contemporary Novel in Years.......2004-03-20

Simply put, this is the best contemporary novel I have read in a few years. Multilayered, complex, and humane, the novel is a tour de force in capturing a man (and family) in crisis. Weaving issues of race, marriage, family, work, and the legal system into a coherent and humane whole, Mr. Parks has produced a fine and gripping work digging into the consciences of his characters to illuminate the messiness that is daily life. In Daniel, Parks has created one of the most indelible characters in modern fiction. There are no easy answers to be had in this book, but the attempts to get there have rarely been so rewarding for readers.

3 out of 5 stars Interesting but flawed.......2004-02-18

This book does have the basic ingredients more or less right. The story is convincing (but not compelling) and the characters are well rendered. However, only the main character is developed sufficiently for the reader to understand his motivations.

I enjoyed the book but was disappointed in two important ways. Firstly, there is no real 'ending', the story just fizzles out, exactly as if Mr. Parks had lost interest in it and wanted to move on to something else. Secondly, an important revelation does not appear; the effect is as if the author couldn't find something plausible and thus chose to simply forget about it.

So deduct a star for the the above two points. Deduct another one for the clumsy style in which dialogue is written without quotation marks. The effect of this is that the reader frequently has to skip back a sentence or two to be sure which character actually spoke. This is a shame because otherwise I would say that Mr. Parks' use of language and style is quite excellent.

In short, a good read somewhat spoiled by its failure to live up to its promise.

5 out of 5 stars a smart, gripping, beautifully written novel.......2003-11-27

parks has written terrific nonfiction about italy, and terrific novels, too, but this is absolutely one of his best--a lively, believable tale, a great protagonist (almost clintonian in his intellect and inability to stay out of trouble), and a really good cast of secondary characters as well. pure pleasure, as a reading experience, something I rarely ever feel, and I read more novels than most. highly and totally recommended.

5 out of 5 stars very good.......2003-10-22

I found this novel as engrossing as Europa, or more so, and extremely enjoyed its storyline and prose structure.
The Savage Amusement (Judge Dredd)
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    The Savage Amusement (Judge Dredd)
    David Bishop
    Manufacturer: Virgin Pub (Mm)
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    The chief lays down the law.(Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist reprimands Congress on creating federal laws that are redundant with existing state laws): An article from: State Legislatures
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      The chief lays down the law.(Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist reprimands Congress on creating federal laws that are redundant with existing state laws): An article from: State Legislatures
      David G. Savage
      Manufacturer: National Conference of State Legislatures
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      ASIN: B00098MS12
      Release Date: 2005-07-28

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      This digital document is an article from State Legislatures, published by National Conference of State Legislatures on March 1, 1999. The length of the article is 829 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

      From the supplier: Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist has appealed to Congress to refrain from creating federal laws that are redundant with existing state laws. In his annual message on the judiciary, Rehnquist reprimanded the lawmaking body for transforming every highly publicized crime into federal law. He reminded Congress that crime and law enforcement fall within the jurisdiction of the state governments. The call is in response to the escalating number of federal laws that have been added by Congress in the 1990s.

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      Title: The chief lays down the law.(Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist reprimands Congress on creating federal laws that are redundant with existing state laws)
      Author: David G. Savage
      Publication: State Legislatures (Magazine/Journal)
      Date: March 1, 1999
      Publisher: National Conference of State Legislatures
      Volume: 25 Issue: 3 Page: 13(1)

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      My Savage Ancestor
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        My Savage Ancestor
        James M. Stoughton
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        ASIN: 0970174802

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        An account of the life of William Stoughton, the "hanging judge" of the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692, including family background, written by a descendant of the judge's father. Paperback with illustrations. 50 pages including bibliography.
        JUDGE DREDD: Deathmasques; Wetworks; The Hundredfold Problem; Dread Dominion; Cursed Earth Asylum; The Savage Amusement
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          Dave; John Grant; Marley, Stephen; Bishop, David Stone
          Manufacturer: Virgin Publishing
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          ASIN: B000N5NAJK
          Sentencing manual for judges in narcotic and drug abuse cases
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            Sentencing manual for judges in narcotic and drug abuse cases
            Theodore J Savage
            Manufacturer: Administrative Office of the Courts, State of New Jersey
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            Samuel Savage Shaw (H.U. '53) was the youngest child of Lemuel Shaw
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              Samuel Savage Shaw (H.U. '53) was the youngest child of Lemuel Shaw
              Robert S Rantoul
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              Manual for municipal court judges hearing narcotic and drug abuse cases
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                Manual for municipal court judges hearing narcotic and drug abuse cases
                Theodore J Savage
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                Legal forms, annotated;: Designed especially for use in Alabama and Mississippi, by judges and clerks of courts, justices of the peace, notaries public, attorneys and business men generally,
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                  Legal forms, annotated;: Designed especially for use in Alabama and Mississippi, by judges and clerks of courts, justices of the peace, notaries public, attorneys and business men generally,
                  Paul Alexis Savage
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                  Manual for judges hearing juvenile narcotic and drug abuse cases
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