The Road to Gandolfo and the Road to Omaha

Road to #1-2

by Robert Ludlum

Book 1 -- War hero and infamous ladies’ man General MacKenzie Hawkins is a living legend. His life story has even been sold to Hollywood. But now he stands accused of defacing a historic monument in China’s Forbidden City. Under house arrest in Peking with a case against him pending in Washington, this looks like the end of Mac’s illustrious career. But he has a plan of his kidnap the Pope. What’s the ransom? Just one American dollar—for every Catholic in the world. Add to the mix a slew of shady “investors,” Mac’s four persuasive, well-endowed ex-wives, and a young lawyer and fellow soldier who wants nothing more than to return to private life, and readers have in their hands one relentlessly irreverent page-turner.

Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Spy Thriller

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Robert Ludlum was the author of twenty-seven novels, each one a New York Times bestseller. There are more than 210 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. He is the author of The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, and the Jason Bourne series--The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum--among others. Mr. Ludlum passed away in March, 2001. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd.

Some of Ludlum's novels have been made into films and mini-series, including The Osterman Weekend, The Holcroft Covenant, The Apocalypse Watch, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. A non-Ludlum book supposedly inspired by his unused notes, Covert One: The Hades Factor, has also been made into a mini-series. The Bourne movies, starring Matt Damon in the title role, have been commercially and critically successful (The Bourne Ultimatum won three Academy Awards in 2008), although the story lines depart significantly from the source material.

Reviews

[Aaron Fk · Rating 5 out of 5]

These books were hilarious! I had read Robert Ludlum books before (the Jason Bourne Trilogy BEFORE it was cool) and when I came upon these I thought it was going to be more of the same. I was delightfully surprised when I learned of the operations involved, the mastermind, and how this mastermind depended on his three ex-wives to help him with his plans. The funniest portion of this book was how he describes them.
These books are a treat and for me to actually describe parts of the plot would do it injustice. It is mean, but trust that finding out the story is more fun than the story itself.

[Lany Kusnadi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sebenernya sih ini novel omnibus. Sayangnya cuma kuat baca bagian yg pertama aja. For no other reason than...not interested anymore. I don't think I like his writing style. Not to say that it's bad (heyy...who am I to judge a very famous and productive writer like him). It's just me :)

I finished the 1st part simply because lack of other reading materials and somehow along the way it got interesting. A unique character (this General MacKenzie). Witty and funny. So I sailed thru it. When it got to the 2nd part I expected the same. I guess it's still the same but I just didn't get the feeling anymore. So I kinda stop in the middle.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

The road to Gandolfo was quite amusing and easily read by most intermediate readers. The Road to Omaha was absolutely hilarious, and laugh out loud startlingly. More than one coworker or fellow transit rider was jerked out of their personal meditation when I boisterously responded to a line in this book.

[Huma · Rating 4 out of 5]

I re-read the adventures of Mac Hawkins and Sam Devereaux after a few years and I totally understand why I gave it 5 stars. The Road to Gandolfo is good, but it's The Road to Omaha where Ludlum us in his element. Omaha is a hilarious novel that I loved reading!

[Dennis Madden · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gandolfo and Omaha are zany and comic. Great entertaining and a joy to read and re-read. Okay contrived too, but i loved it. My favorite is Gandolfo. Omaha is the follow-up of the tale. Gandolfo is short, try it first and if you like it you'll be looking of Omaha on the shelf or on line.

[J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely, laugh-out-loud, hysterical.

[Ndungu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ludlum is always good.

[Qutub]

It was an ordinary book, nothing great!

[Aoakhum · Rating 4 out of 5]

not much like the other ludlum books i have read.... my friend recommended it to me,...... i wasnt disappointed... funny n interesting

[Venky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Probably the most unique of all books from the Ludlum stable. This is a book that will throw one off kilter for its remarkably comic nature

[Penny Fay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious, especially when you are expecting the usual Robert Ludlum spy thriller. I love the unexpected!

[Justin Neville · Rating 3 out of 5]

(Actually have only read the first book of this omnibus. May or may not read the sequel at some point.)