Patriot Games [Import] [Hardcover]

Tom Clancy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1987

One of the best works from renowned military thriller author, Tom Clancy. Stars his most famous character, Jack Ryan. Adapted into a film of the same name, with Harrison Ford playing the Ryan role. Hardcover. Original jacket. Number line counts down to 1. Light toning along the edges. Jacket has light edge wear. Very Good/Very Good.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 540 pages
• Publisher: Collins, London; 1ST edition (1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0002231948
• ISBN-13: 978-0002231947
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (184 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,685,810 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tom Clancy is America's, and the world's, favorite international thriller author. Starting with THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, all thirteen of his previous books have hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. His books, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, PATRIOT GAMES, CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER and THE SUM OF ALL FEARS have been made into major motion pictures. He lives in Maryland where he is a co-owner of the Baltimore Orioles.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jack Ryan's First Adventure!, January 25, 2001

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Cody Carlson (Salt Lake City, UT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Patriot Games (Jack Ryan) (Mass Market Paperback)

International terrorism is the topic Clancy tackles in his novel, 'Patriot Games.' When history teacher and sometime CIA anylist Jack Ryan intervenes in an IRA hit on the Prince of Wales, he soon finds himself a political target. When his family is attacked in Baltimore Ryan again goes to work for the CIA in the hopes of stopping the terrorists. While the story is gripping and the action scenes fast-paced and exciting, the first two hundred pages of the book are for the most part slow. If you're a patient reader you should get through it okay. The ending is a climax in the great Clancy tradition and the characters, as always, are people you'd like to know. There is much more in the book than in the movie, but it's essentially the same story. On the whole it's a great first ride for Jack Ryan.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Patriot Games, August 13, 2002

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Joe Zika "Khemprof" (Cincinnati, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Patriot Games (Jack Ryan) (Mass Market Paperback)

Patriot Games written by Tom Clancy is a Jack Ryan novel. As Clancy's hero Jack Ryan takes us to England, Ireland and the United States in this techno-thiller, with international terrorism and action-packed excitement.

Clancy works his magic with this story and leaves the reader with a sense of dangerous adventure. This book gives the reader a better sense of who Jack Ryan is and Clancy keeps you well engaged throughout the book.

I enjoyed the read, as page after page seemed to melt away to an exciting climax. You will not be disappointed reading this book as a daring assination attempt and violence seem to carry you on to the conclusion. Tom Clancy is a storyteller in this well written book.

Definitely entertaining...

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great book - not so great Kindle edition, September 10, 2010

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Tony Pruitt - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Patriot Games (Jack Ryan) (Kindle Edition)

I've been a Clancy fan for years and love this series. However, the Kindle edition has some obvious flaws apparent right from the beginning. The initial quotes in Patriot Games from Edmund Burke and William Webster are simply not in the Kindle edition. Also, I believe the publisher used some form of OCR (optical character recognition) to input this book. Words like 'corners' in the hard-copy edition come across in Kindle as comers. Not a big deal, but jarring nevertheless. While I love the convenience of carrying around the whole series without the need for a backpack, this kind of sloppy, lazy data transfer gives e-books a bad name.