A Choice of Enemies [Paperback]

Ted Allbeury (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (July 8, 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0583124933
• ISBN-13: 978-0583124935
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,580,701 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars A rushed spy novel that tries hard..., September 25, 2004

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Peter LaPrade (worcester ma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A choice of enemies (Hardcover)

Ted Allbeury's first novel "A Choice of Enemies" feels very rushed, and fails to make us care about the hero, who finds out that his long-lost daughter lives in the Soviet Union, and then falls in love with a Polish spy while in Communist Warsaw, where he is reunited with his daughter. The book goes from the aftermath of WWII, up to the early '70s, where Foltran and COBOL where only known to a select few, and considered high-tech. Anyway, the hero breaks up a complex ring using computers to steal secrets, and in the climax, tries to escape Poland with his lady love. The novel does a decent job at portraying the Poles and Russians as human.