“In my world, you are either the hunter or the prey, and I am the hunter. Vegas was my prey. I tell my crew: Vegas makes it, Vigoa takes it.”
–Jose Vigoa[pg. 37]
When it comes to violent crime, the Las Vegas cops and casino owners thought they had seen it all. But they had never witnessed anything like Jose Vigoa.
Born in Cuba, a child of Fidel Castro’s revolution, Vigoa used his quick wits and quicker fists to trade a life of poverty and desperation for one of danger and adventure as a Soviet-trained special forces officer. Battle hardened in the killing fields of Afghanistan and Angola, Vigoa won a reputation for toughness, bravery, and coolness under fire. A brilliant military career lay ahead of him.
Then, in 1980, Castro opened Cuba’s floodgates in the Mariel boatlift, and Vigoa, like so many of his countrymen and -women, braved chaos and hardship to start a new life in America’s promised land. But involvement with the drug trade brought his dreams crashing down. Years of prison followed.
On his release, Vigoa was determined to take revenge on what he perceived as the corrupt power structure of Las Vegas. On September 20, 1998, the former Spetsnaz lieutenant launched what would be the most audacious and ruthless series of high-profile casino and armored car robberies that Las Vegas had ever seen. In a brazen sixteen-month-long reign of terror, he and his tightly disciplined crew would hit the crème de la crème of Vegas hotels: the MGM, the Desert Inn, the New York-New York, the Mandalay Bay, and the Bellagio. They struck hard and fast, then vanished without a trace. Millions of dollars were stolen. Two brave men were gunned down in cold blood; others were wounded. And yet the robberies were so well planned and executed that the police–“the stupids,” as Vigoa contemptuously referred to them–were all but helpless.
Not Lt. John Alamshaw. The twenty-three-year veteran, in charge of robbery detectives, was not giving up so easily. For him, Vigoa’s rampage was a personal affront. And he would do whatever it took, even risk his badge, to bring Vigao down.
With exclusive access to all the major players, including Vigoa and Alamshaw, veteran journalist and network producer John Huddy is the perfect man to tell the gripping never-before-told story of this harrowing true-crime drama that will leave readers breathless.
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看完这本书,我最大的感受是,作者对于社会权力运作的洞察力简直是犀利得像一把手术刀。它深刻地揭露了体制内部的腐败和虚伪,那种温文尔雅的表象下隐藏着的冰冷算计,看得人脊背发凉。这本书的批判力度是如此之大,以至于它更像是一份沉甸甸的社会学报告,只不过披着小说精致的外衣。书中对官僚体系中各种潜规则的刻画,细腻到让人拍案叫绝。比如,一次会议中,一个微不足道的眼神交流,或是一句不经意的客套话,背后可能就隐藏着足以决定人生轨迹的博弈。作者似乎对人性中的“趋利避害”有着近乎宿命论的理解,无论角色多么英勇或善良,最终都会被无形的权力网络所裹挟和吞噬。这种无力感,是这本书给我留下的最深刻的印记。它没有提供廉价的希望或简单的正义,而是毫不留情地展示了“结构性问题”的巨大惯性。我强烈推荐给所有对政治哲学或社会结构感兴趣的读者,因为它提供了一个极佳的、充满张力的案例来探讨“体制的异化”。
评分我得说,这本书的文笔简直是华丽得像一场盛大的歌剧,每一个句子都经过了精心的打磨,充满了古典文学的韵味和现代叙事的张力。它读起来更像是一种艺术品鉴赏,而不是单纯的消遣。作者对于环境的描绘达到了令人发指的精准度——那种热带雨林中湿热的空气如何凝结在皮肤上,阳光如何穿过茂密的树冠在地面上投下破碎的光斑,一切都栩栩如生,仿佛我就是那个身处异境的旅人。情节的推进采用了多线叙事的手法,不同时间线和不同角色的视角交错并行,构建了一个极其宏大而又精密的时间织锦。起初,这种复杂的结构让人有些摸不着头脑,但随着情节的深入,你会惊叹于作者如何将这些看似毫无关联的碎片,最终拼凑成一幅完整且震撼人心的历史画卷。这种结构上的复杂度,非但没有削弱阅读的流畅性,反而像一层层剥开洋葱,每揭开一层,都能发现新的惊喜。如果你是那种偏爱复杂叙事结构、热衷于在文字中寻找深层象征意义的读者,那么这本书绝对能让你大呼过瘾,值得反复品味其中那些精心埋藏的伏笔。
评分这本小说简直是心理惊悚的教科书!作者对人性的阴暗面挖掘得极其透彻,每一个角色的动机都复杂得令人不寒而栗。故事的主线围绕着一场精心策划的复仇展开,但真正抓住我的,是那些细微之处的描写。比如,主角在面对巨大压力时,手指不自觉地敲击桌面的频率,那种近乎强迫症的细节,瞬间将我拉入了那个紧张到窒息的氛围中。我能清晰地感受到他内心深处的挣扎,那种理性与本能的较量。叙事节奏的掌控更是炉火纯青,高潮部分如同山洪爆发般一泻千里,让人喘不过气;而转折之处又铺垫得极其巧妙,总是在你以为一切尘埃落定的时候,抛出一个足以颠覆你所有认知的线索。最绝妙的是,作者对“选择”的探讨。书中反复出现“你会怎么做”的伦理困境,让我合上书后,依然在脑海中反复推演不同的可能性。它不仅仅是一个关于故事的故事,更像是一面镜子,映照出我们自身在极端环境下的反应。我必须承认,读到后半段时,我不得不停下来喝口水,因为我的心跳速度简直快得要冲破胸腔了。这种阅读体验,是近年来少有的沉浸式震撼。
评分这本书的魅力在于它那股子天马行空的想象力,简直是想象力的狂欢节!它构建了一个宏大而又逻辑自洽的架空世界,充满了光怪陆离的设定和令人目眩神迷的科技奇观。与那些平铺直叙的科幻作品不同,这本书的设定是“有机生长”出来的,每一个异化的生物、每一项违反物理定律的技术,都有其内在的、被作者严密论证的“道理”。阅读过程就像是跟随着一个疯狂的建筑师,在探索他脑海中那座永远不会重复的迷宫。我尤其喜欢作者对“感官体验”的描写,他成功地让我们体验了那些我们从未感知过的色彩、声音和气味,这是一种真正的感官拓宽。虽然故事的篇幅浩瀚,人物众多,但作者的功力在于,即使在最复杂的星际战争场面中,他依然能聚焦于个体的命运和情感,让宏大叙事不至于沦为空洞的口号。说实话,我读这本书需要一个笔记本,用来记录那些新出现的术语和种族关系,但这种略微费力的探索过程,恰恰是它最迷人的地方。
评分这是一本极其温暖、充满人文关怀的杰作。虽然故事背景设定在一个充满挑战和失落的时代,但字里行间流淌出的,是对个体生命价值的坚定维护和对人与人之间联结的深切渴望。作者的叙事风格极其朴实、内敛,没有过度的煽情,却拥有直击灵魂的穿透力。它讲述了关于“失去”和“重建”的故事,关于如何在废墟之上,用最微小的善意去点燃希望的火种。我特别欣赏作者对“沉默”的处理——许多关键的情感转变和重要的和解,都发生在那些没有说出口的瞬间,通过角色凝视的眼神、一个不经意的动作,被表达得淋漓尽致。这需要极高的写作技巧,才能让“不说”比“说”更有力量。这本书读完后,我感到一种平静的力量,它没有给我一个快速解决所有问题的答案,但它让我更加坚信,在生活的磨难中,保持一份温柔和对他人的理解,才是最持久的力量源泉。这是一本值得在安静的午后,慢慢品味的,关于“成为人”的沉思录。
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