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Thrilling Read
The Defector, by Daniel Silva: This, like all Silva's novels I've read, is an espionage/thriller that grabs you by the literary lapels and doesn't let go for an instant. It pulls you through page after thrilling page of intrigue and violent action and finally releases you, panting from your long but swift journey, on page 497. This novel is part of the popular Gabriel Alon series. It takes place in Russia, London and Switzerland. Warning: Do not start to read this at bedtime; you won't want to put it down in time to get some sleep.
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Review: Daniel Silva, Moscow Rules
Moscow Rules: Daniel Silva never dissappoints. This suspenseful thriller involves the Russian mafia. It has murder, brutality and all anyone could want in a thriller, plus the foreign intrigue element. Most of the action takes place in Russia and France.
Review: Christopher Reich, Rules of Deception
Rules of Deception
by Christopher Reich
Clark Zlotchew's review
Aug 30, 11 · edit
Read from August 17 to 28, 2011 — I own a copy
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Christopher Reich, in Rules of Deception, outdoes himself. The action of this espionage/thriller starts on the very first page. The reader has no choice but to keep following the action. All the action is set in Switzerland, but has ramification around the world. There are, in addition to exciting action, very complicated connections between characters, and more twists and turns than a labyrinth. It is fascinating the way in which Reich leads you to believe that character X is a "good guy" only to find that he is not, or in the case of character Y, you think he's a villain, then "realize" he is on the right side, only to find he is a villain after all. Several characters have more than one identity. It is fascinating to see how the male protagonist, who has no experience in foreign intrigue and is connected to no intelligence or counter-intelligence agency (he is a doctor with Doctors Without Borders), gets sucked into an extremely complex (and dangerous) set of circumstances and unwittingly turns into a major player in this life-and-death chess game.
by Christopher Reich
Clark Zlotchew's review
Aug 30, 11 · edit
Read from August 17 to 28, 2011 — I own a copy
BCID: (generate)
Christopher Reich, in Rules of Deception, outdoes himself. The action of this espionage/thriller starts on the very first page. The reader has no choice but to keep following the action. All the action is set in Switzerland, but has ramification around the world. There are, in addition to exciting action, very complicated connections between characters, and more twists and turns than a labyrinth. It is fascinating the way in which Reich leads you to believe that character X is a "good guy" only to find that he is not, or in the case of character Y, you think he's a villain, then "realize" he is on the right side, only to find he is a villain after all. Several characters have more than one identity. It is fascinating to see how the male protagonist, who has no experience in foreign intrigue and is connected to no intelligence or counter-intelligence agency (he is a doctor with Doctors Without Borders), gets sucked into an extremely complex (and dangerous) set of circumstances and unwittingly turns into a major player in this life-and-death chess game.
Book on Spain's Most Important Author since Cervantes, Brought Back into Print
Libido into Literature: The "Primera Epoca" of Benito Perez Galdos, originally published by Borgo Press in 1993, had been out of print for about 15 years due to the demise of Borgo Press. It has now been published again by Authors Guild's Backinprint.com program.
This book traces Galdos's earliest thinking concerning the dynamic relationship among individual, society and nature as it develops and changes in this early phase of his writing. It elucidates the imagery, the symbolism, evocative language, biblical and mythological motifs, the rich battery of literary devices with which the greatest writer of Spain since Cervantes converts unconscious material into literature. The works covered represent a period of artistic apprenticeship and idelogical struggle within Galdos's mind.Libido into Literature: The "Primera Epoca" of Benito Perez GaldosLibido into Literature: The "Primera Epoca" of Benito Perez Galdos
This book traces Galdos's earliest thinking concerning the dynamic relationship among individual, society and nature as it develops and changes in this early phase of his writing. It elucidates the imagery, the symbolism, evocative language, biblical and mythological motifs, the rich battery of literary devices with which the greatest writer of Spain since Cervantes converts unconscious material into literature. The works covered represent a period of artistic apprenticeship and idelogical struggle within Galdos's mind.Libido into Literature: The "Primera Epoca" of Benito Perez GaldosLibido into Literature: The "Primera Epoca" of Benito Perez Galdos
