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Maybe the fifth or sixth best Ross Thomas book. Very clever international intrigue. I guess a slight markdown because this hero is similar to the one in Missionary Stew, but not as interesting.
The thing that made Ross Thomas great was not just his CIA experience; nor his years as a Democrat party bagman; no, rather, it’s the author’s ability to take characters that in many ways have similar back-stories, in different novels; yet make them sound and seem different.
Few can do that; fewer still ev ...more
The thing that made Ross Thomas great was not just his CIA experience; nor his years as a Democrat party bagman; no, rather, it’s the author’s ability to take characters that in many ways have similar back-stories, in different novels; yet make them sound and seem different.
Few can do that; fewer still ev ...more
Ross Thomas's classic political thrillers are among the few books I re-read regularly; they are gems of concise storytelling, rooted in the real world, cynical with regard to politics but with a core of personal integrity, told with wit and irony.
The plot of this one (published in 1981) is a little more complex than most of his books, with multiple competing agendas and layers of deception. The U.S. president, Jerome McKay, has a rough-hewn brother named Bingo (despite the real-world echoes, the ...more
The plot of this one (published in 1981) is a little more complex than most of his books, with multiple competing agendas and layers of deception. The U.S. president, Jerome McKay, has a rough-hewn brother named Bingo (despite the real-world echoes, the ...more
