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"One of the top ten storytellers in the world." -Los Angeles Times

"A master at mixing power, politics, and profit into fiction." -Entertainment Weekly

"Archer is a master entertainer." -Time

"Archer plots with skill, and keeps you turning the pages." -The Boston Globe

"Cunning plots, silken style...Archer plays a cat-and-mouse game with the reader." -The New York Times

"A storyteller in the class of alexandre dumas...unsurpassed skill...making the reader wonder intensely what will happen next." -The Washington Post

"There isn't a better storyteller alive." -Larry King

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On April 15, 1906, two baby boys entered the world. One was born to a life of prosperity and ease, the other to a world of hardship and struggle. On different sides of the globe, they grew up -- one shaped by a luxurious upbringing, fine schools, and a history he read; the other well tempered by war, slavery, and the history he was part of.

William Lowell Kane, scion of a Boston banking family, and Abel Rosnovski, penniless Polish immigrant -- one is gold, the other steel. Rosnovski is Kane's ultimate adversary, while Kane Kane embodies everything that Rosnovski stands against. In their relentless battle, both men know that there can be only one victor -- and one vanquished.

Across three generations and around a rapidly changing world, their war rages unchecked, for the love of a dream, the loss of an empire, and the lure of a fortune.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Explore The Human Condition, Aug 19 2003

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Carmen Matthews "The Serene Samurai" (San Diego, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kane & Abel (Mass Market Paperback)

One of the things that I love about reading a novel is that it is a chance to visit another community, or life, without actually going there.

"Kane & Able" is a story that captures the dramatic lives of 2 men who were born on the same day, in 1906, from 2 completely different socioeconomics.

William Kane was born into wealth. He was stubborn, haughty and all the "attributes" associated with someone who is born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Baron Able Rosnovski, an immigrant from Poland, was determined, creative and willing to do whatever it takes to never live the impoverished life that he was born into.

Both of these men eventually and repeatedly crossed paths, in business. And they desperately try to outwit one another, at a heavy expense to all around them.

As I read this book, I kept wanting to say, "Look in your heart," because each man was so busy trying to outdo the other that they loss sight of what matters, until the end.

Although this book has 477 pages, you will read it faster than a book that is one third its size, because Mr. Archer has developed the characters so well --- you will feel like you are looking at an IMAX movie.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Probably Archer's best, but..., Sep 22 2011

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albertagirl (Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kane and Abel 30th Anniversary Edition (Paperback)

I'd have given this book a 5 star rating, IF the author hadn't "re-crafted" (his word) it, so that it was more in line with the true-life history that has elapsed since the original was published. I bought this edition of the book, looking forward to regaining an old favorite that I'd misplaced somewhere along the way, and I got ... this.

In my opinion, this is still the best Jeffrey Archer book ever (and I've read them all, but for the latest one.) But I think the book, as originally written, was strong enough to let the book stand on its own merit, without re-writing history, as it were.

Anyone who hasn't read the original will love this edition. And in fact, even the changes are so seamlessly integrated into the storyline that the quality really hasn't been affected to a noticeable degree...except for me and my fellow purists, I suppose.

A very good yarn and well worth the read, in either edition!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!, Mar 15 2010

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J. Hussey - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kane and Abel (Mass Market Paperback)

Absolutely loved this book. I love all of Archer's books and this one did not disappoint.

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