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Whistle Stopper - Empire of Lies (Otto Penzler Book)
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List Price: $25.00
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Manufacturer: Harcourt
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780151012237
ISBN: 0151012237
Label: Harcourt
Manufacturer: Harcourt
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 2008-07-14
Publisher: Harcourt
Studio: Harcourt
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Summary: refreshing
Comment: besides being gripping story, it's refreshing to have a voice from the right side of the aisle.
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Summary: Too Much XXX-Rated Sex
Comment: The author didn't use his discretion, when his main charactor would think of his past life. The pages are filled with filthy, unnatural sex. I won't give the story away, but the ending was not a surprise and I bet there's big trouble for the family, if the author decides to write a sequal.
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Summary: Empire of Lies
Comment: Mr. Klavan is going to be a speaker at our fundraising event, and in order to be able to get acquainted, I read his book as well as the ones of the other two authors.
I found it fascinating.
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Summary: Smart, well written thriller with substance!
Comment: I totally disagree with Brian's assessment of Klaven's book. I find it refreshing that our protagonist is a Conservative Christian. I am a (true) Conservative (not practicing Christian) and am pretty much opposed to the current GOP movement. However, few autors have the guts to write a book where the protagonist is a Conservative, so it makes a unique and interesting read. Additionally, I believe, in the book, he struggles with his beliefs (both political and religious) and tries to reconcile his past with how he believes he SHOULD act in order to be a "decent" citizen. I do not believe this book is a treatise on modern Conservative thought, and it wasn't written to get the Ann Coulter fans whipped up in a frenzy (albiet not hard to do).
I thought this book was extremely well written and challenged its readers in many different areas -- can one be redeemed for the actions of their past? Can a bizarre, unorthodox sex life coexist with traditional Christian values? How about traditional Conservative values? Add this to what is a very good thriller, an exciting page turner and I belive you have the makings of an excellent read.
In the final analysis, this is a book conservatives and liberals, as well as the religious and agnostic, will like. Frankly, I think the traditional religious Right may find some of the details in this book a bit too sordid for their tastes.
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Summary: Great book
Comment: I'm an English lit major who has read my share of the classics, but my tastes lean toward men's fiction... hard-boiled detective stories, westerns, etc. I've seen talk show host Glen Beck interview a couple of authors who sounded like they might be up my alley... "men's fiction" authors who write stories with something other than generic terrorist characters, authors who show their fictional terrorists as having radical islamist leanings, and I've checked out two of the authors I've seen on the Beck show: Brad Thor and Andrew Klavan.
Maybe it was just the Brad Thor booked I picked up, but I thought Thor was a fairly bad writer and I found his dialogue very stiff. Klavan, however, is a different story. He's won writing awards and recognized writers such as Stephen King enjoy his work. I found this book tight, brutal, current-as-today's-headlines, and just a real joy to read.
My only complaint with the book, or maybe I should say "reservation" rather than "complaint", is that Klavan has a character in the book who is clearly modeled after actor William Shatner, and Klavan's descriptions of the Shatner character are unflattering beyond all reason. You would think that Shatner must have killed Klavan's dog or slept with his wife. Other than the "Shatner character assassination" though, I thought that this book was a five-star read. The venom directed at Shatner was confusing.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Sustained by a deep religious faith, Jason Harrow has built a stable family and become a pillar of principle and patriotism in the Midwest. Then the phone rings, and his past is on the other end of the line. A woman with whom he once shared a life of violence and desire claims her daughter is missing—and Jason is the one man who can find her. Returning to New York City, Jason finds himself entangled in a murderous conspiracy only he can see and only he can stop—a plot that bizarrely links his private passions to the turmoil of a world at war. Hunted by terrorists and by the police, Jason has only hours to unravel an ex-lover’s lies and face the unbearable truth: In order to prevent a savage attack on his country, he’s going to have to risk his decency, his sanity, and his life.
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