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Lunch with the Generals (Lunch with... #1)
by
Derek Hansen
Ramon, self-styled master storyteller, has steered his listeners down a sinister path littered with love and betrayal, secret police and death squads. But as the Argentinian′s tale nears its startling conclusion, his audience is struck with horror at the possibility that Ramon′s clever invention is nothing more than the cunningly disguised chronicle of his own shadowy past...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
August 20th 1997
by Mandarin
(first published 1993)
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Sep 03, 2012
Rachael Hewison
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I made the error of reading the second instalment in Hansen’s ‘Lunch with...’ series before I read the first novel. Whilst this in no way gave away any of its predecessors secrets, it did however raise the bar astronomically high. As a result I felt Lunch with the Generals was not as awe-inspiring as its successor, nevertheless an incredible debut from a very talented writer.
Hansen has a fantastic way of creating exciting, lovable but extremely flawed characters and ties them together in cleverl...more
Hansen has a fantastic way of creating exciting, lovable but extremely flawed characters and ties them together in cleverl...more
A "could not put down" book. Derek Hansen is a great novelist. He also wrote "Lunch With Mussolini" which was made into a motion picture. Only someone with real talent could grant his characters such intelligence and insight and still remain in command
Ramon, self-styled master storyteller, has steered his listeners down a sinister path littered with love and betrayal, secret police and death squads. But as the Argentinian's tale reaches its startling conclusion, his audience is struck with horro...more
Ramon, self-styled master storyteller, has steered his listeners down a sinister path littered with love and betrayal, secret police and death squads. But as the Argentinian's tale reaches its startling conclusion, his audience is struck with horro...more
Having previously read three of the Hansen books and highly rating them, I was disappointed in this one. I do look forward to anything else by this author.
Loved this book, been meaning to read the others awesome
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love this book, one of my all time favourites.
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