Mira struggles to develop a relationship with her womanizing artist brother, Andre is trying to learn to be a father, and Cecile struggles to develop a maternal bond with her children. Their lives are complicated by their families. Cecile is self-centered and Andre is mean and bitter. The characters aren’t one-dimensional and they aren’t entirely likeable.

I loved the setting, from train stations to sidewalk cafes to small art galleries.Īt the beginning of the book I was very drawn into the lives of these characters, and sympathetic to what each were going through. Makes it sound a little cheesy, but this book opens with compelling characters I wanted to know more about. Four stories entwine, four quests become one, as their paths cross amid the beauty, squalor, animation and desolation of a street in Paris, the Rue des Martyrs. Each one is on a quest: to uncover a family secret, to grasp a new chance at love, to repair mistakes of the past.

And Cecile is an unhappy housewife and a mother and stepmother to three teenagers.įour strangers in Paris. Andre is an aging theater star, recovering from a serious accident and struggling to keep his career going. Rafael comes to Paris to find a mysterious woman who was mentioned in his dying father’s last words. Mira is an artist who leaves Italy when she finds her fiancé sleeping with her business partner. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.Paris, Rue des Martyrs tells the story of four main characters leading intersecting lives in Paris. George Jung, Iconic drug smuggler and the title subject of the film 'Blow.' Soon to be a major motion picture.Reviews'Miami Vice meets Goodfellas.' ALL copies if Mid Ocean purchased though Amazon will be signed by the Author until further notice. Mid Ocean was inspired by real-life events.

In the end, Joel will question everyone, including himself in his quest for what is right and what is true. With the lure of easy money and the temptations available to those in authority, the lines of right and wrong are often blurred, testing even the strongest moral compass in an atmosphere where navigating a bad course can be deadly. A place tourists never see, where, for centuries, fortunes have been won and lost along the treacherous reefs a haven divers and fishermen during the day a conduit for smugglers at night. Set in 1984, Mid Ocean will take you to the Caribbean wild west. In a short time he must adjust himself to lifestyle of sandals, Jimmy Buffett and the quest for the perfect frozen drink. Customs Academy, has been assigned to the badlands of drug enforcement, the Florida Keys. Special Agent Joel Kenyon, just out of the U.S.

Mid Ocean by T. Rafael Cimino