Burning the Apostle [Hardcover]

Bill Granger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 1993

Six years after Chernobyl's nuclear meltdown, a violence-prone environmentalist group with government ties secretly plans a second such disaster, and only the November Man can stop them. 22,500 first printing.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

With their eerily plausible plots and intriguingly complex protagonist, Granger's November Man novels featuring intelligence operative Devereaux rank among the finest examples of espionage fiction. This 13th adventure (after The Last Good German ) is a disappointment, however. Chief among the novel's conceptual flaws is a lack of real evil in the novel's many villains, who include an eco-terrorist socialite, a feckless U.S. senator and a Clark Clifford-like power broker. None seems wicked enough to carry out the plot--to cause a major nuclear disaster near Chicago in order to discredit the nuclear-power industry. The desultory way in which Granger brings Devereaux into the action (the PI stumbles onto the conspiracy while trying to avenge the deaths of agents in Lebanon) weakens the narrative, as do stylistic tics such as ending virtually every chapter with a portentous sentence or paragraph. In the end, little seems contemporary here (despite echoes of the BCCI scandal); the threat of an American Chernobyl-style nuclear disaster that could kill thousands, even millions, of innocent people should generate more drama and tension than it does in this uninvolving presentation.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 341 pages
• Publisher: Warner Books (February 15, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446516937
• ISBN-13: 978-0446516938
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,845,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Top notch entry in unjustly underestimated, neglected series, February 17, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Burning the Apostle (The November Man) (Mass Market Paperback)

Granger's November Man, Devereaux, is a worthy citizen of the world inhabited by Phillip Marlowe, Sam Spade, Harry Palmer, Travis McGee and George Smiley; men apart, men who live by their own strict code in a world without rules. In Henry McGee (hommage to John D. MacDonald?) he has found his Karla, his Blofeld, his Moriarty. Granger's writing is muscular, his plotting crisp and his eye for character and detail impressive. Read the whole series, if you can find it. You won't regret it

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Burning The Apostle, March 9, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Burning the Apostle (The November Man) (Mass Market Paperback)

Well you should know that I've read all the November Man novels. I love this series (wish there were more). Granger's plots suck you in, as did this one. Read all of them if you can find them. It's worth a trip to the library for the ones out of print.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Light, Easy to Read Book, April 14, 2002

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John G. Hilliard (Toronto Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Burning the Apostle (Hardcover)

This had it all, a great story, good characters, wonderful action and a quick pace. This is an exciting book that at its heart is a conspiracy theory. Ok the story is almost not believable, but if you close one eye and get into it you will have fun. Not a bad little page-turner. I liked the story line; the whole aggressive and violent environmentalist group was believable given what is going on in the field today. The book presented this group very well. It did not present them as some whacked out bunch of crazies but as a very determined and dedicated bunch. The book sneaks up on you and really sucks you in. You find your self almost hurrying to the next page because the suspense builds through to the end of the book. Very good characters with competent development and well thought out roles within the story. I would have liked a bit more detail on the locations. The ending was also a good one - you are expecting something close, but the author has come up with something better. Overall, this was a great effort by the author.