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I'd have to say this isn't my typical type of book, so I'm glad it was selected for Action group's read this month. I found it enjoyable. I think that if this was a movie, it would be a Steven Soderburg movie for sure. I could see his touch all over the movie adaptation.
What I liked:
*I liked the wry and subtle humor. You have to be paying attention to see it, and it's highly ironical. The CIA's big thinkers believe their culprit is anything from the Russians to a huge terrorist cell, but it's no ...more
What I liked:
*I liked the wry and subtle humor. You have to be paying attention to see it, and it's highly ironical. The CIA's big thinkers believe their culprit is anything from the Russians to a huge terrorist cell, but it's no ...more

What was it--a Ford Econoline van--one of those big, boxy models--outfitted with automatic butterfly doors in back and a
retractable Howitzer field artillery gun
--which starts off this story? Hilarious. Its as if Hunter Thompson collaborated with AJ Quinell to concoct this tale. But no--in this case, we can't heap enough laurels on the brow of Thomas Perry; a clever and ingenious author unfairly under-recognized among his peers. Among the now over-crowded, over-ambitious, over-awesome actio
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Mar 07, 2010
Mike
marked it as to-read

Jun 16, 2014
Jamie
marked it as to-read