Empire State

by Colin Bateman
Empire State  
published 1997 by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
binding Paperback
isbn 0006498027   (isbn13: 9780006498025)
pages 356
date added
02-12-07



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This may be Colin Bateman's best so far. Nathan Young, and illegal from Ireland is not a sterling character. He drifts here and there wondering what life is doing to him. He lands a job as a security guard at the Empire State Building and the President of the United States is coming to visit. In true Bateman fashion, a presidential assassin gets usurped by Nathan through a comedy of errors. Bateman's books just don't stand up to synopsis. You just have to go there yourself and you should - reall...more
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