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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
To coup or not to coup, that is the question
This is the 6th November Man thriller, and author Bill Granger has come up with a down and dirty tale of political puppets in the Caribbean. With brutal characterizations and in your face depictions of violence, this one is not for the squeamish. After faking his own death in the previous novel, "The Zurich Numbers", November aka Deveroux is tracked down in Switzerland by...
Published on March 26, 2006 by Christopher Gwyn
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1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Goes Downhill After the Title
I like a clever mix of fact and fiction, but after plodding a couple of dozen pages into this, I did not want to turn the page any more. I tried a bit further on and was "rewarded" by reading 4-5 pages about whether one guy was going to kill the chicken of this other guy. He finally does, and what is the result? Nothing much. My first mistake was not noticing the...
Published on February 1, 2005 by Rob
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
To coup or not to coup, that is the question,
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This review is from: Hemingway's Notebook (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the 6th November Man thriller, and author Bill Granger has come up with a down and dirty tale of political puppets in the Caribbean. With brutal characterizations and in your face depictions of violence, this one is not for the squeamish. After faking his own death in the previous novel, "The Zurich Numbers", November aka Deveroux is tracked down in Switzerland by old nemesis Colonel Ready and is lured along with his lover, Rita Macklin to the island of St. Michel in the Caribbean. Colonel Ready is as evil as they come and is playing all sides in a power grab on the small island. With CIA, R Section and Cuban interests all colliding into a seething cauldron of violence, Deveroux must find a way to save Rita and himself from the clutches of Ready. Centering on a missing notebook, the story moves at a good, lively pace and Deveroux's ingenious revenge makes for a unsuspected and satisfying climax. What I like most about The November Man novels is the fact that the author gets the most out of every page and tells a fairly complex, interesting story in under 250 pages. If you have never read a November Man novel before, I would not reccomend starting with this one because it is in the middle of a multi-novel storyline. Read "Schism" and go forward in order from there.
1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Goes Downhill After the Title,
By Rob "Coolerking" (Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hemingways Notebook (Hardcover)
I like a clever mix of fact and fiction, but after plodding a couple of dozen pages into this, I did not want to turn the page any more. I tried a bit further on and was "rewarded" by reading 4-5 pages about whether one guy was going to kill the chicken of this other guy. He finally does, and what is the result? Nothing much.
My first mistake was not noticing the usual sign of overhype-comparing a contemporary work to real classics: Ian Fleming and John LeCarre. The other tip-off is the author is a reporter for the Sun-Times and UPI and his reviewers are fellow newspaper proletariat. Their profuse gushing over his skill raises an eyebrow since I've never heard of this guy. In all, 22 cents might not be too high a price for this, but remember, you'll have to pay postage also. |
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Hemingway's Notebook by Bill Granger (Unknown Binding - 1986)
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