El Camel Club de Washington D.C. es el lugar de encuentro de cuatro hombres excentricos. Alli analizan los acontecimientos mas destacados de la politica y economia de su pais, discuten sobre las actuaciones de su gobierno, y especulan sobre posibles conspiraciones. Un dia, una de estas especulaciones se convierte en una amenaza real, en un acontecimiento que podria cambiar el curso de la historia. / Conspiracy theories--everybody has one. The difference with this conspiracy is that it's all too real. David Baldacci's The Camel Club takes readers inside the Beltway as four unlikely misfits struggle not only to survive, but to save their president and their country from a plot that will lead to nuclear disaster.
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David Baldacci is the bestselling author of Absolute Power and The Simple Truth.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Kept me up past my bedtime,
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This review is from: Camel Club (Spanish Language Edition) (Paperback)
It started slow, but the initial plodding is definitely worth it. By the middle of the book I couldn't stop reading. I would have given it a fifth star if Baldacci hadn't killed off one particular character.
Implausible? Sure. So what? Superman was implausible, too, but that didn't stop me from eagerly parting with my dime every month to keep up with his adventures. Politics? Like that isn't done by other authors? Agree or disagree, you might think about a few things you haven't paid much attention to before. Too many reviewers here are saying "horrible politics" without discussing the pros and cons of the ideas. I got the feeling that the author had done some pretty intensive background research, and for that I commend him. I loved the good guys and hated the bad guys. Not much gray here, but I was fine with that. And I thoroughly enjoyed the eccentricities of the Camel Club members. So bring on The Collectors!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
First Book in the Camel Club Series,
By J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Camel Club (Spanish Language Edition) (Paperback)
David Baldacci attended law school at the University of Virginia, and went on to work as a trial lawyer, and later as a corporate lawyer, in Washington, D.C. He is now a full-time writer whose best selling novels include Absolute Power, Total Control, The Winner, The Simple Truth and Saving Faith. He lives in Virginia with his wife and two children. The Camel Club could not be said to have a blossoming membership, in fact four forgotten and exccentric people is the sum total of the clubs membership. It exists close to Washington, D.C., has no power as such. The goal of the members is to find the "truth" behind their country's actions. The aging leader of the group has no known past (recorded that is) and has taken the name "Oliver Stone." Day and night this group of four study wild conspiracy theories, current events and the machinations of the government of the day, hoping to discover some truth that will hold America's politicians accountable to its citizens and after witnessing a shocking murder the Club is drawn headfirst into a plot that threatens the very security of the nation . . . In the Camel Club the author paints a picture of the world that could be all too true in the future, with a few powerful people having the opportunity to stop the chaos.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A laughable attempt not worth your time,
By Andrea "antiquegirl5" (Toronto) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Camel Club (Spanish Language Edition) (Paperback)
This refers to the audio book that I'm forcing myself to finish listening to because I have nothing better at the moment for my long trips.
I don't mind too little plot, or ideology that I might disagree with, but I do insist on some skill at the art of writing. I could read (or listen to) the phone book if an imaginative lyrical writer had penned it. Unfortunately, Baldacci seems to have precious little of this skill. Yes, the plot is stupid, the characters cardboard, the dialogue unrealistic. But it's the "fillers" that make me want to scream. A typical page sounds like this: "Where are we?" A... asked curiously. "We are in the park", B... answered cautiously. "I like it here" C... said slowly. "Me, too", remarked D... enthusiastically. "Not me", E... claimed sadly. Etc., etc., etc. The "ly" adverbs (sometimes three or more in a paragraph) are so repetitive, so lazy, so unneccessary that they are unintentionally hilarious. Whoever wrote that this book sounds as if written by a twelve-year-old was right on the money. An amateurish, hackneyed piece of trash is what it is. (And this has nothing to do with the political views that may or may not be intended by the author. As a Canadian, I am not offended by so-called "anti-American" views. My opinions are based strictly on writing style.) In my humble opinion, James Patterson is the worst popular contemporary writer of the day. However, I'm now nominating Baldacci as the second worst.
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