Boys from Brazil [Print on Demand (Paperback)]

Ira Levin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 8, 1998

When a group of men meet up in a private Japanese restaurant in Sao Paulo, a devastating plot is to be unleashed on the world. Their instructions, to be followed unquestioningly, are to kill ninety-four men across the world, in a specific order, all of whom are aged sixty-five, and all their murders are to look like accidents. Their mission is to secure the future dominance of the Aryan race, and to recreate the most horrifying destiny of all...

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'Every novel Ira Levin has ever written has been a marvel of plotting. He is the Swiss watchmaker of the suspense novel' Stephen King

About the Author

Ira Levin was born and lives in New York. His novels have all been international bestsellers, and he is also the author of the longest running thriller in Broadway history, Deathtrap. A two-time winner of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award, he recently received the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for lifetime achievement.

Product Details

• Print on Demand (Paperback): 260 pages
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Pod (October 8, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0747542384
• ISBN-13: 978-0747542384
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,470,600 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Truly troubling, May 17, 2006

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This review is from: Boys from Brazil (Print on Demand (Paperback))

Ira Levin has an eye for evil. He knows man's avarice and his tendancy to misuse the skills he has developed. It was slightly sinister in "The Stepford Wives." It was dark and unnerving in "Rosemary's Baby."
In "The Boys from Brazil," Levin strikes an uglier chord, as he couple's the greed of man with once futuristic science and technology that has become reality. This one has the added chill of being not far out of the neighborhood of possibility.
The plot is complex and yet tidy. War criminals from the Holocaust era have fled into hiding in deep, dark South America. There, with the help of the mad scientist, real life ghoul Josef Mengele, they plot to use the science of cloning to bring back their patriarchal hero. And so begins the truly alarming scheme for the rebirthing of Adolph Hitler.
Told in Levin's not-one-word-wasted, fast-paced style, "The Boy's from Brazil" is the story of truly evil men and of those who are committed to capturing them. Like all of Levin's masterpieces, this one hooks you from the start and drags you along like a tin can strung to the back of a car. You might read it in two nights. You might read it in one. Either way, read it. For Levin fans or for those unfamiliar with his work, this one is too hot to miss.