Every year the storks set off on their miraculous 12,000-mile migration from Northern Europe to Central Africa. Then, one year, inexplicably, they do not return. When a wealthy Swiss ornithologist, Max Boehm, dies in suspicious circumstances, the mystery deepens.
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In Flight of the Storks, French novelist Jean-Christophe Grange's second novel to be translated into English, a young, aimless academic tracks a flock of migrating storks across Europe and Africa in hopes of discovering the truth behind the sudden death of a Swiss ornithologist. Along the way, he uncovers a series of gruesome murders and other assorted evils. Unfortunately, the book's most promising elementsAthe multiple foreign settings (Bulgaria, India, Israel, etc.) and stilted Euro tough-guy talkAalso burden the book with pretension, rarely allowing it to rise above the level of bloodied, pseudo-philosophical exotica.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good and unusual thriller,
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This review is from: The Flight of the Stork (Hardcover)
The story starts with Louis Antioch's journey following the migration patterns of European storks. This task has been given to him by Max Bohm, who is found dead at the very start of the book. Soon this quest proves to be mysterious and very, very dangerous. One of the delights of the book is the descriptions of the various locales -- Switzerland, Slovania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Israel, Central African Republic and finally Calcutta. This descriptions show either very good research or personal knowledge. One warning is necessary for readers, at times, the book is quite gory, but never gratuitously so. When I read the book I immediately noticed the concise, rather chopping style that reminded me first of Hemingway, but then, of Camus. This should not be a surprising since Grange is French. Considering that this is Grange's first novel published in English, I am very impressed.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just the first!,
By giuseppe nativo (Cambridge, Massachusetts, US) - See all my reviews
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I "met" this book one afternoon of some years ago. It was a paperback, very cheap. I thought:'it could be good to spend some days'.
From that day, i red all Grange' books, one after one other. It had been a fever and it still is . This book is amazing. There's nothing in common with other thriller writers. To read Grange' stories it like to go deep and deeper in a terrific journey, where people aren't what they look like and you are looking more than the solution of an enigma, but for the enigma inside yourself and that you can't watch because it scares you. Buy them all and have fun. Grange' is the number one in Europe and reading just one of his books you will understand why. Best regards G.N.
4.0 out of 5 stars
well written book,
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This review is from: The Flight of the Stork (Hardcover)
I really enjoyed reading this book.
The first 100 pages or so are in my opinion a little slow to get into but once you are over that it really does turn into a Page turner! What was a little odd at first were the two plotlines, storks and transplants. It is all coming together nicely towards the middle of the book. I have become a fan of Mr. Grange and am working my way through the Empire of the Wolves right now!
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