Meet Tarden, an ex-superspy who, thriving on psychological pressure, penetrates the lives of others, leading his momentary partners in a ruthless dance of complex intrigue.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Cockpit (Kosinski, Jerzy) (Paperback)
It's hard to decide which of Kosinski's vignette-based novels is the best, since they're all fairly similiar, and passages are interchangeable. There are slight varitations in theme - the protagonist of The Painted Bird is a child, and in Blind Date you have an investor, while in The Devil Tree you have a wealthy young man, but on the whole each one is as good as another. Considering it, though, I think that Cockpit is the best overall, with some of the most interesting vignettes and the most consistently good writing, and one of the stronger protagonists. It's also the only Kosinski book which I can really say shocked me - usually, I'm prepared for the horrible things which his characters do to each other, remembering that it is Kosinski even when things seem to be going well, but there's an episode in Cockpit involving the elderly which took me by surprise. I reccomend this as an introduction to Kosinski's work, or, if you only read one, make it this.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Kosinski continues his mastery of the vignette novel.,
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This review is from: Cockpit (Kosinski, Jerzy) (Paperback)
Kosinski's portrait of an ex CIA agent with a knack for controlling others is disturbing, diabolical, and ultimately entertaining. Tarden is both socially and sexually disfunctional, yet somehow we can all identify with him. Kosinski creates an obsessive depressive character with Gatsby-esque personal drive. Well worth the read.
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Enter the cockpit if you dare!,
By martie@eden.rutgers.edu (Piscataway, New Jersey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cockpit (Kosinski, Jerzy) (Paperback)
When you are in the cockpit you have total and absolute control over hundreds of lives. You can do with them what you wish. If you choose, you could end every life or just give them a good scare. In Jerzy Kosinski's novel "Cockpit" the hero - Tarden - is always in the cockpit, always in control. This book makes you realize how easy it is for a total stranger to, through a few mundane manipulations, have your entire life in his hands. A chilling thought indeed.
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Deputy Chief, Flying Gnome, Arthur Duffy, Comrade Director, Red Whore, Anthony Duncan, Comrade Major, New York, United States, Postal Center, East Germany, Madame Leuwen New!
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Deputy Chief, Flying Gnome, Arthur Duffy, Comrade Director, Red Whore, Anthony Duncan, Comrade Major, New York, United States, Postal Center, East Germany, Madame Leuwen New!
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- The Devil Tree by Jerzy Kosinski in Front Matter
- Dead Souls: A Novel by Nikolai Gogol on page 38
- Being There by Jerzy Kosinski in Front Matter
- Blind Date (Kosinski, Jerzy) by Jerzy Kosinski in Front Matter
- The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski in Front Matter
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