Richard Condon presents his scenario for the second and final American Revolution. Led by a brilliant black criminal lawyer named Agatha Teel, the revolutionaries plan a mission to save society by punishing it--starting with the destruction of three cities. In China, hand-picked leaders undergo intensive training in urban warfare and secret personnel and weaponry are spread throughout the U.S.--the entire vast operation funded through the heroin trade. Could it happen here? Condon colors doomsday vividly and believably.
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This review is from: THE WHISPER OF THE AXE (Mass Market Paperback)
Like Trevanian then and Tom Clancy now, a great author of notable potboilers all too overlooked once aged, not least this one. Can it really be out of print? Amazon itself has no edition for sale as new.The publisher summary above is nothing but the premise; the action is the gist. This title is no less a classic of cyberpunk than many things by William Gibson, if not quite Bruce Sterling. Not least, it appeals in its prediction of cultural subversion by sabotage from state sponsored terrorists, e.g. sex depersonalization as intentional technique for anonymizing and thereby commodifying the masses persuaded loveless sex is preferable as a privilege of power. Think this isn't real today ? Read the headlines Unhooked: The new culture of casual sex 3.5.07 Laura Sessions Stepp http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/17453367 Who's the bad guy in the real world ? I always prefer to blame the Jews and corporate pandering to the worst in the collective subconcious. In this case, yellow peril still plays persuasively. Put down the TV remote and read this great book; it's a very easy read.
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China, bastion of the cerebral rinse.,
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In The Whisper of the Axe, Richard Condon reprises a theme which proved highly successful in his blockbuster novel, The Manchurian Candidate. The theme to which I refer is the use of Chinese brainwashing as a tool in bringing about political upheaval within the United States. Except this time, the brainwashing takes place during the Vietnam War, not the Korean War.One of the featured characters in The Whisper of the Axe is Agatha Teel, an African-american lawyer who achieves remarkable success as a public figure while simultaneously plotting the second American revolution. Another major character is Bart Simms, a trained CIA assassin who hopes to become President and has a foolproof plan to attain his goal. The Whisper of the Axe is an ambitious novel with a number of way over-the-top plot elements. Cynical, satirical and highly improbable, this book is rife with conspiracy theories which have little or no basis in reality. (Though Condon's observation that high elective office can be bought if the prospective office holder has enough funds to spread around has been proven to be quite true.) Bottom line: Too convoluted and purposely over-the-top for its own good. A lesser entry in the Condon canon.
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