- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd (April 27 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 071563643X
- ISBN-13: 978-0715636435
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.4 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
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"'Authoritative, sharply observed... as usual, first-rate' starred Kirkus review 'Littell deserves his comparisons with Deighton and le Carre' The Times 'Littell is a class act, one for the connoisseur' The Guardian"
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An Israeli government minister is assassinated in the home of his mistress. Days later, Elihu, an ageing Mossad officer leads his final raid, killing a Hamas leader in his bed. Out of this familiarly cyclical scenario emerges what is perhaps Robert Littell's most heartfelt and suspenseful novel. The action moves into the near future, when the global community, united under the leadership of a visionary female president of the Untied States, brokers a major compromise between Israel and the Palestinian authority in the hope of snuffing out the violent flashpoint that fuels the flames of global terrorism. But then, Isaac Apfulbaum, a well-known fundamentalist Rabbi, is taken hostage by Dr. al-Saath, a legendary Palestinian terrorist, who demands the release of several Palestinian prisoners. As Israel coaxes Elihu out of retirement to hunt down the terrorist who motivated his final mission, al-Saath and Apfulbaum fund themselves building an extraordinary relationship between hostage taker and hostage: parallels between these two battle-hardened partisans become the bonds that could lead to reconciliation. But with the Mossad strike team closing in, has the vicious circle already been closed? Ferociously suspenseful and brilliantly topical, "Vicious Circle" is a thriller that, like "The Company" before it, breaks down an entire culture of violence into the corrupted consciences that embody it.
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THE SETTING SUN SCORED THE NAVIGATOR'S LINE BETWEEN SKY and sea, drawing blood, flinging long shadows inland on the flat Levantine coast. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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THE SETTING SUN SCORED THE NAVIGATOR'S LINE BETWEEN SKY and sea, drawing blood, flinging long shadows inland on the flat Levantine coast. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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3.8 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
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A boring thriller, Oct 17 2008
By G. G. RIVAS "ggrhome" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Vicious Circle (Paperback)
In keeping with current events I'd have to say that my Littell stock has just plummeted. After reading Sisters, The Amateur, and a couple of others I thought highly of this author. But this book is not just talky -- it's predictable and repetitive talky -- and just drags. One of those books where (horrors) you actually look at the handful of pages in your right hand and contemplate just jumping ahead.Don't bother waiting for the interesting plot twists... they're pretty minor and you spotted them at a distance.
Character development seems to be what he was aiming for but it's just a mass of cliches.
Move on, dear reader, there are far better ways to spend your reading time.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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A Thriller with Brains, Feb 15 2008
By Douglas S. Wood "Vicarious Life" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Vicious Circle (Paperback)
Robert Littell has survived the passing of the Cold War era far better than others who flourished in that hall of mirrors, like John LeCarre. In `Vicious Circle', Littell explores Arab-Israeli relations that often seem like the embrace of mutual death.On the eve of an historic peace treaty forced upon Israel and Palestinians by an American President, an Islamic fundamentalist terrorist kidnaps a Jewish rabbi and extremist. Littell's tale focuses alternately on the Israeli efforts to rescue the rabbi and the rabbi's relationship with his captor that seemingly develops as they engage in long theological debates that become discussions.
Littell uses an oral history project recording the insights of an American presidential advisor as a mechanism to introduce some distance and objectivity. The advisor finds that keeping one's distance is not entirely possible.
An excellent read, a thriller with brains.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Beaucoup Conversation, Feb 18 2012
By Terrence Lynch - Published on Amazon.com
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Interesting story but it seemed about 95% dialog. Minimal action. It was my first read of a Littlle book so it may be his style.
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