I just finished a classic for modern times. As others have said, I was truly sad to see the last page, anxious to read the next book in this Europe Trilogy. (Mr. Stewart was kind of enough to share with me its 9/13 publishing date.) After I read the publisher and author's prefaces, I truly felt I had not paid nearly enough for what prescient wisdom both essays contained. Little did I know the joyous, intellectual and suspenseful milieu that this novel enveloped me in as I often read far into the night, unable to put this matchless spy story down.
Mr. Stewart is a fearless teller of truths, a sagacious social critic, and a seer of where evil actors may lead us all. His story teller's art is masterfully executed. His psychological insights into human drives added depth and reality to his story that brings his readers into a complex interplay of nations, isms, and forces that are covert and amoral as to their goals and ruthless in their quests for power. I left the book feeling that I not only had read the best book for me in a decade (and I read about three books a week) but I also felt wiser in discerning what news is behind the pseudo newscasts that we are often mesmerized by. Human interest stories, and similar "Chewing gum for the eyes" substitutes for knowledge so vital to a healthy democracy. I have read other Pulitzer prize winner authors books about issues and events that Mr. Stewart alludes to in this book. I hope reading his tome will inspire people to seek out the truth that begs for attention. As the quote carved in a federal building in D.C. foretells, "A nation that forgets its history is doomed to repeat it" not only nations, but the world equally is at risk if we feel our country is forever free of falling prey to powers who masquerade
behind veneers of patriotism, security and demagoguery, demonizing true journalists who speak truth to power and to a citizenry that is intentionally being fed the modern version of bread and circuses while our country slides into a malaise we may not awake in time to avert. Regardless of your political persuasion, usual reading genres, I hope you will read this book...it truly is imperative for our nation's future.
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- charles covellReviewed in the United Kingdom on August 10, 2014
Not your typical spy story
