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  <title><![CDATA[The Negotiator]]></title>
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  <default_description>Frederick Forsyth,&#160;&#160;master of the international thriller, retums with&#160;&#160;an electrifying story of a man of immense power and&#160;&#160;a conspiracy to crush the President of the United&#160;&#160;States. Only one man--Forsyth's most&#160;&#160;unforgettable hero yet--can prevent the plan from succeeding.&#160;&#160;His name is Quinn. He is the&#160;&#160;Negotiator.President Cormack is&#160;&#160;bent on a signing a sweeping U.S.-Soviet&#160;&#160;disarmament treaty, and the master conspirator is&#160;&#160;determined to stop him. The kidnapping of a young man on a&#160;&#160;country road in Oxfordshire is but the first&#160;&#160;brutal step in the explosive plot engineer the&#160;&#160;president's destruction. Enter&#160;&#160;Quinn.&#160;&#160;Quinn plays the&#160;&#160;kidnappers like a master musician. . . until, in a shocking&#160;&#160;tumabout, he discovers that ransom was not their&#160;&#160;objection after all--and that he has been lured&#160;&#160;into a cunningly woven web. Now he must draw upon&#160;&#160;his deepest strengths--to save not only the victim&#160;&#160;but the entire free&#160;&#160;world.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1989</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Negotiator</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Frederick Forsyth]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first two chapters of The Negotiator were very slow and uninteresting and I feared that this would be a tedious read. Fortunately, the pace began to pick up and I became immersed in the story. The plot contains several sub-plots (all of which are satisfactorily wrapped up in the conclusion), a n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70375605">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book tells the story of a negotiator who lost the hostage he was negotiating for. He was then thrown into a world of political conspiracies that saw him travel around Europe as he unravels the plot and solve the murder.<br/><br/>In short, its a typical Forsyth book. The conspiracy is well thou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6813646">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58524001">
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Superb.... awesome.... what else can I say.... What a suspence.... what a narration..... At the beginning it looks like a boring novel but after some 20 pages the momentum gains and after that, whenever I found some free time available, I read it.]]></body>
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    <review id="41052014">
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    <body><![CDATA[The Negotiator by Frederick Forsyth (1990)]]></body>
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    <review id="71033033">
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderful book]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71033033]]></url>
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    <review id="14969964">
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[unlike many writers, Forsyth didnt try to corrupt me into falling in love with the good guys. the conspirators against the US president are so good at their game you cant help but admire them. <br/><br/>yet, it is also imposssible to dismiss the hero-he is there,he is powerful. so powerful that i ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14969964">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="7750116">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[People who like smart books]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is another great tale. Though, he seems to be really well known for The Day of the Jackal, I think this one takes the cake and I highly recommend it to anyone as a great novel and again it is a page turner and is filled with very smart characters that are very intriguing to watch develop.]]></body>
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    <review id="23957201">
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    <body><![CDATA[Would have been better had there not been spelling errors and grammar butcherings.  I blame the editor more than the author.  Could have been the print.  I don't know what i'm talking aboot.]]></body>
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    <review id="31526672">
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    <body><![CDATA[while undertaking any secret mission, none should be trusted ]]></body>
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    <review id="13612548">
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my all time favorite books-worth reading more than once!]]></body>
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    <review id="5522032">
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    <body><![CDATA[couldn't keep it down till I was finished.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My coming of age reading..]]></body>
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    <review id="26309035">
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    <body><![CDATA[Great Beach Book]]></body>
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    <review id="63540607">
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>clever author...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A For]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Superb!!!]]></body>
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