The Salamander [Paperback]

Morris West (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Coronet (1981)
• ISBN-10: 0340265876
• ISBN-13: 978-0340265871
• ASIN: B001KTDA6G
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.9 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Salamander - Morris West, August 11, 2009

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W. Larson "N.M.S" (EARTH - I - THINK) - See all my reviews

Morris West's powerful novel is set in the tangle of Italian politics. Italy is a democracy that walks the tightrope between the extremists of the right and the left. Colonel Dante Matucci, of the Intelligence, fears the topple into totalitarian rule, as does the Salamander - the wealthy industrialist, Bruno Manzini.

The Salamander is the legendary beast that lives in fire - the symbol of survival. And Matucci has to decide how much to pay for his survival in face of a threatened coup; his life, his soul, his love for Lili Anders, one-time spy and now his mistress.

This is a novel of the intrigue, the violence, the passion that is Italy; the decisions are those that face us all at one time or another.

Read the complete book before you judge it. It will surprise you by the end. ENJOY!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good knowledge of the italian mentality, July 14, 1998

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[e-mail] (Ticino (Switzerland)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Salamander (Hardcover)

In this book the autor points out with love to the detail the italian mentality and differences between the powerful and the servers, the north and the south, the one who know and the those who execute commands. At a certain point the story itself starts to lack in credibility but the author never goes beyond.

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Just nothing to say, November 4, 2003

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Jorge Frid (Mexico City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Salamander (Hardcover)

I can't say anything of this book, or almost anything, in the first 20 pages you know who is the bad guy and the book keeps rounding and rounding 400 more pages until they finally discover him, I really don't recommend reading this book.