The Shakeout [Hardcover]

Ken Follett (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Armchair Detective Library (July 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0922890331
• ISBN-13: 978-0922890330
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,270,328 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ken Follett was only twenty-seven when he wrote the award-winning EYE OF THE NEEDLE, which became an international bestseller. His celebrated PILLARS OF THE EARTH was voted into the top 100 of Britain's best-loved books in the BBC's the Big Read and the sequel, WORLD WITHOUT END, will be published in Autumn 2007. He has since written several equally successful novels including, most recently, WHITEOUT. He is also the author of non-fiction bestseller ON WINGS OF EAGLES. He lives with his family in London and Hertfordshire.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Early work by Follett, May 28, 2007

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This review is from: The Shakeout (Hardcover)

In the "Shakeout," the main character - Roper - is an industrial spy. He is a clever calculating manipulator, who nevertheless has a different side to him as the reader finds out. The book is one of Follett's early works, and this is obvious from the start. As the author confesses himself in the introduction, the "Shakeout" is between bad and good. It is short (at about 150 pages), a bit disconnected and the characters not as developed as they could be; the writing style is different from later works, and there is an entire chapter devoted to having sex, going to a concert and having sex again, halting the main plot with them. Still, the book is interesting especially for those who are familiar with Follett's later, "improved" writing, and I would recommend it as a quick read.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book was a disappointment, definitely not one of his best and I've read them all, November 8, 2010

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This review is from: The Shakeout (Coronet Books) (Paperback)

I am a big Ken Follett fan and I bought this book because I've loved every one of his books. This must have been his first because it wasn't very good; a disappointment. I would not recommend it.