false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171261341m/93794.jpg 93794 15 Fans of Daniel Silva's well-received earlier novels, especially <I>The Marching Season</I>, will welcome his newest novel of espionage, revenge, and Middle Eastern politics. Gabriel Allon is an art restorer who's persuaded out of retirement by Ari Shamron, the crafty Israeli spymaster bent on a deadly mission: killing a Palestinian agent named Tariq before he can carry out his plan to assassinate an old comrade-in-arms, the treacherous peacemaker Yasir Arafat. Tariq's role in the murder of Gabriel's wife and son draws both Gabriel and Sarah Halevy, the beautiful French model whose affair with Gabriel led to the assassination of his family. Still in love with Gabriel, Sarah allows herself to be set up with a cover and infiltrated into Tariq's inner circle. But before Gabriel can rescue her and fulfill his mission, Tariq turns the tables to get his old adversary as well as Arafat in his own sights. A particularly resonant scene in which Tariq and Arafat confront each other and discuss their former friendship, as well as the change in tactics that has brought Tariq to the ultimate betrayal, reveals Silva's deep comprehension of Palestinian rivalries. He puts a clever little fillip on the ending that adds to the brio of this strongly paced thriller. Silva creates complex, fascinating characters in Gabe, Ari, and Tariq, and more than fulfills the promise of his earlier books. <I>--Jane Adams</I> 2153394 2000 The Kill Artist (Gabriel Allon, #1) total:987|5:272|4:404|3:274|2:34|1:3| 987 3869 1297 99 3 5 false false Mon Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 18:48:17 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 13:47:32 -0700 2008
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Ok, no, that's not true. I guess I was hoping it would be Alan Furst or John Le Carre, and it wasn't. That's probably too high a standard, but I couldn't get past the occasionally clumsy writing, th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 09:03:35 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 14:22:21 -0700 2008 1
From what I've read so far of the series, it seems like Silva really hits his stride with them later, but this book does a good job of establishing some of the main char...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 07 11:07:50 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 09 21:09:16 -0800 2007
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This is the first, and many people seem to think he only gets better from here. I like the whole thing: the writing, the premise, the suspense, the retribution. There is very little that is believable about this main character, but it is great escapist...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Sep 06 06:58:12 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 06:59:17 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 07:59:30 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 08:00:49 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 12 17:09:37 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 17:13:21 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 16 15:18:15 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 15:19:57 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=93794