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Man on Fire/Large Print

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I am both an ex-Legionnaire and a former body guard. I was amazed by the books accuracy and still wonder to this day if Mr Quinnell wasn't either a Legionnaire himself or a bodyguard. The sequel "A Perfect Kill" was equally wonderful though I was less enamored with the third book in the series. Unfortunately the movie starring Scott Glenn was a total disapointment and I only hope that they redo it at some stage. If you're looking for someone to play Creasy..... PS: Is the fact that Creasy is an anagram of scarey just coincidence?

But isn't a simple word like the same word wants to explain. It's a beautifull Story, like " Beauty and the Beast", for me, 'cause Creasy -the strong man with a blooding past- is perfectly sense to everything that the little Pinta shows him. Of course, after of a planified attack to his heart, Pinta makes that Creasy seen through her eyes the wonderful that the word can be for all of us. In a book that I wrote (but it's not published yet), a twenty-five years old man is falled in love of his cousin of 9, but this guy it's not a pervert man, only he wish to stay very near of her for teach her everything that he knows, and love her, of course, but not sexually. The Pinta and Creasy's story is very similllar to mine, but bloodeless. At end, I believe that this book can send us a great message: that we must to believe in love, in every its forms, because in the future, it can save this hitted planet. (I'm sorry if my english it's not perfect, but seems that it's the only way that my apreciation of this book "se muestre" on-line.

This was the first Quinnell book that I had picked up. From the first page, I could see all the character completely in my mind. This book is the similar to the movie "The Professional" only in its bond between protector and protected. After that, this book will move you as if you had suffered a personal loss and were seeking retaliation.

What a wonderful treat if you could read MAN ON FIRE and its long overdue sequel THE PERFECT KILL. Both were so profoundly written by one of the greatest writers of this genre ever existed. Almost every one of Quinnell's book touched me so deeply and won my tears generously. There simply no other writers could put love, friendship,professionalism, and heroism in one book and all of his books alike. Neither any writer could wrote a sequel so consistently well and so perfect like him.

Very profound story about a retired mercenary-turn-bodyguard for a rich Italian teen girl, gradually and agelessly bonded together like true friends, and then the girl was kidnapped and killed, the American bodyguard was also badly wounded but made him became obcessed in revenge. A very touching story and very well written but regretfully screenplayed into a lousy movie in the early 80s, otherwise, Quinnell would be widely known and accepted as John Grisham who turns himself into co-movie producer of his books, Quinnell is a far better writer than Grisham, but appeared too early at a wrong time. This book made the KEEPER and its sequel, FINDER, written by Rucka in 1996 & 1997, not only very unprofessional but also a shallow laughing joke!