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Whistle Stopper - The Whole Truth
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List Price: $26.99
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Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446195973
ISBN: 0446195979
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2008-04-22
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Release Date: 2008-04-22
Studio: Grand Central Publishing
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Summary: HIGH OCTANE NARRATION OF FRONT PAGE THRILLER
Comment: Multi-talented doesn't come within a country mile of adequately describing author/actor Ron McLarty. He's made a flock of appearances on stage, screen, and the even smaller screen. Turning to writing he became a best-selling author with The Memory of Running, and is following that title with Traveler.
Where he finds the time to accomplish all of this I know not. Yet he still stands tall among audio book narrators, and is certainly a top favorite of this listener. His narrations are varied - from Danielle Steele to Robert Parker and, of course, the estimable David Baldacci. Many will recall with great pleasure his readings of Baldacci's Last Man Standing, The Hour Game, Simple Genius and Stone Cold.
For me, he has become Baldacci's voice, and what a welcome one it is - clear concise diction, a low resonant tone that segues easily from tough to tender. In this case, the scenario is tough - Nicholas Creel, the head of a huge defense contracting business wants to up his ante at whatever cost. "Dick, I need a war" are the orders issued to Dick Pender who orchestrates perception management for Creel's company.
From then on we're off. Baldacci begins with a bang and takes us through twists, turns, and shockers (none of which really seem implausible) as we root for a mysterious fellow called A Shaw and a journalist to put a stop to Creel's demonic plan.
Narrator McLarty Is quoted as saying of The Whole Truth, "this book rocks." This listener says McLarty's reading rocks, too.
Highly recommended.
- Gail Cooke
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Summary: Eye Opening Thriller 4 1/2 Stars
Comment: While the head of the world's largest defense contractor and his minions secretly conspire to gain even more riches by instigating a war, a multi-national intelligence agent reluctantly travels to keep the world safe, and an ambitious journalist receives a mysterious offer to interview the sole survivor of a recent massacre. BT.
"Why waste time discovering the truth when you can so easily create it?"
This is the main idea behind Perception Management (PM), an interesting and eye opening theme behind Baldacci's latest thriller.
With a heroic good-guy and some ultra-powerful villains, this latest novel will please most of David Baldacci's fans. I found it both intriguing and entertaining and enjoyed the heck out of it.
Highly recommended.
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Summary: A so-so effort from Baldacci, though still better than his other recent works
Comment: When he burst onto the scene with his first book "Absolute Power", Baldacci made an amazing debut with a novel of political intrigue that showed a fine talent for complex plotting, deep and rich characterizations, and edge-of-your-seat suspense. It was subsequently made into a very good Clint Eastwood movie.
Unfortunately, Baldacci hasn't been able to hit that standard since. His last few books, centering on the Camel Club, have -- frankly -- been pretty lame and formulaic, in my opinion.
In "The Whole Truth", Baldacci brings a new set of characters to us in a story that centers on the efforts of a multi-billionaire arms merchant (Nicholas Creel) to reshape world events to foster a world order more to his political and financial preferences; and the efforts of a heroic but shadowy para-secret-agent (Shaw) to thwart his scheme.
Credit to Baldacci for trying to approach once again a story of broader scope and more complexity than his recent efforts, something more along the lines of "Absolute Truth". Unfortunately, he achieves only moderate success.
To begin with, I found the Shaw character to be pretty much a knockoff of Lee Childs's "Jack Reacher" character, but not as interesting. With Reacher, we have a background; Shaw pretty much seems to have appeared from a vacuum. He's underdeveloped, doesn't seem to have a history that existed before this story, and therefore wasn't nearly as interesting to me as Reacher. Secondary character Katie James is actually much more fully realized.
Nicholas Creel is a more interesting character, and more fully developed, but again seemed to be somewhat of a cypher. His motives in the story were explained, but didn't seem to resonate on an emotional level.
The plot crux of the story -- media manipulation to create an international military crisis -- seemed incredibly far-fetched, and depended on irrational and inexplicable actions on the part of secondary and peripheral characters. It just didn't really work. And because it didn't, I got no sense of real urgency from the story; no emotional "zing".
So... a mixed bag. It moved along briskly. And kudos to Baldacci for leaving the Camel Club at the oasis this time around.
Three stars.
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Summary: Another great novel from Baldacci.
Comment: I read this book a week before it came out a boy did I love it. I happen to be a fan of Baldacci after reading his Camel Club novels which were brilliant
at least the first and second sequel. What this novel has is great caracters and impeccable pacing. I found it very hard to put it down. If you love Baldacci this is the one to own. In my opinion this one is the best one he wrote so far.
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Summary: Grab a copy
Comment: For me, this was just a little 'airport book' to take my mind off the flight. I wasn't expecting much, but I got alot. A great thriller that will really make you think.
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"Dick, I need a war."
Nicolas Creel is a man on a mission. He heads up the world's largest defense contractor, The Ares Corporation. Dick Pender is the man Creel retains to "perception manage" his company to even more riches by manipulating international conflicts. But Creel may have an even grander plan in mind.
Shaw, a man with no first name and a truly unique past, has a different agenda. Reluctantly doing the bidding of a secret multi-national intelligence agency, he travels the globe to keep it safe and at peace.
Willing to do anything to get back to the top of her profession, Katie James is a journalist who has just gotten the break of a lifetime: the chance to interview the sole survivor of a massacre that has left every nation stunned.
In this terrifying, global thriller, these characters' lives will collide head-on as a series of events is set in motion that could change the world as we know it. An utterly spellbinding story that feels all too real, THE WHOLE TRUTH delivers all the twists and turns, emotional drama, unforgettable characters, and can't-put-it-down pacing that readers expect from David Baldacci-and still goes beyond anything he's written before.
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