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I thought it was fascinating! Not what you would call "fast-paced, rock 'em and sock 'em." It's more like classic espionage. And I love that sort of thing. It gets into modern investment banking on a global scale. But not so much as to be tedious. Still you get a taste for deals zipping around the planet faster and faster. This is the driver of global economics. It's not simply the old supply and demand model from 1960 anymore. It's way more than that. It's the whole world on speed. So watch you
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This fascinating spy thriller mixes knowledge of the war in Afghanistan and the cost to the U.S. in terms of the enemies it is creating, of the advice to "follow the money" that worked before (during Watergate) and for the CIA in its tracking of al-Qaueda, and now for a lone terrorist seeking satisfaction for the senseless killing of his family. This begs the question, why only that of his family--but never mind. The author also weaves in hedge-fund voodoo and the sex interest of a young America
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Really good. I love Ignatius's style. The characters were solid and the plot was great.
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This book was a very nice read. It definitely makes you think about how the spy game works.
Dec 15, 2014
Jeffery
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