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by Tom Clancy (Author) "THE SCARY PART, Jack decided, was going to be driving ..." (more)
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There's not a shot fired until page 602 in Clancy's lumbering new thriller, and readers up on their history will know the outcome of that shot on page 17. What comes in between is a slow-moving but, given Clancy's astonishing flair for fly-on-the-wall writing, steadily absorbing imagining of the back story behind Mehmet Ali Agca's (real-life) failed attempt on the life of Pope John II in 1981. By going back 21 years, Clancy provides a fresh adventure for a young Jack Ryan, but Ryan fans (and presumably Ben Affleck) may be surprised to learn that Ryan is, until the final scenes, only a supporting player here. The book's main heroes are the husband-and-wife team of Ed Foley, CIA station chief in Moscow, and his agent-wife, Mary Pat, and Oleg Zaitzev (code-named Rabbit), the mid-level employee in the KGB communications department who for conscience's sake decides to defect to America when he's asked to encrypt messages that reveal a plot, under the auspices of then-KGB chief Yuri Andropov, to kill the pope in response to the pontiff's secret letter threatening to resign the papacy and to return to Poland to resist Soviet domination. In real life, the pope wrote such a letter, and analysts have long speculated that the Soviets, via Bulgarian controllers, dispatched Agca to kill him. It's utterly fascinating to read Clancy's playing out of that likely scenario is there a writer in the world who brings so much verisimilitude to scenes both high (Politburo meetings) and low (details of spy craft and everyday Soviet life)? But while Clancy delivers a believable and encyclopedic version of real-life events, the suspense is minimal a disappointment when other writers (Forsyth in Day of the Jackal, for one) have shown that there can be enough tension in a fated-to-fail assassination plot to give a stroke to a yoga master.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Clancy returns to Jack Ryan's first days in the CIA, when the fate of the free world hung in the balance as Ryan discovered a heinous plot to assassinate the Pope. Clancy is so big that this new novel merits a special limited edition (ISBN 0-399-14914-7. $150).
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Is it possible to give this book Zero stars please?, Mar 1 2006
This review is from: Red Rabbit (Paperback)
I had the great misfortune of spending the last 2 weeks trying to pile thru this polemic tome. To say that it is a disaster would be a generous description of what is possibly one of the worse novels I have ever read. What I find amazing is the positive reviews on here are such that it is obvious:

a. They have not read the book, or
b. They are plants from the publisher.

Clancy has written some fine books. Hunt for Red October is a classic and Red Storm Rising shows the great work you can accomplish with hard work and decent research. This book is a sad joke when it comes to research. Tom can't keep the timeline straight. He interjects future events (a certain world series, the rise of starbucks and the Falklands war) all into the WRONG YEAR. Characters are wildly inconsistent in rank and spelling. His politics are well known, but raging on about the NHS and accussing British doctors of being uncaring negligent drunks is beyond the pale. Also, Tom, we know Caroline is an eye surgeon and that she doesn't drink before surgery "ever". We know. We know. QUIT TELLING US 50 FREAKING THOUSAND TIMES. Although to get to the 100,000 level you have to cite Tom's references to Ryan being in the Marines, jesuit upbringing, etc. If the character he is is a product of the marines, then it's no wonder recruitment is falling. Who would want to be a simpering wuss like Ryan?

The unbelivable dialogue is another factor in ensuring the utter garbage status of this pile. Tom, no one says "pal" and "guy" at the end of every sentence. That is unless they live on Brokeback Mountain. Also, no one talks about their breakfast every day with people they work with unless they really have socialization problems. And for only "americans" making things properly, my GM van begs to differ (stupid pos it is).

All and all a sad effort by a washed up "author" trying to scam a few more bucks out of his name. If that freaking mess "Op Center" hasn't killed your reputation yet, then Red Rabbit will seriously be the bullet to the head for your career.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Page Filler, Sep 26 2004
By Randall Duhamel "DVD Show Series Enthusiast" (Montreal Quebec) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Rabbit (Paperback)
I've read all of Clancy's books, while most I find it takes a while to get into the story but generally once it has picked up it was a very good read. Red Rabbit on the other hand, Clancy must have been tired, this book could have been a short story, I felt that he could have done it with 200 pages. Very disappointed and will really check before buying another.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Early Clany writing is apparent, July 18 2004
By russell guerra (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Red Rabbit (Paperback)
This book takes places as a young Jack Ryan and really explains more on Jack Ryan's wife Cathy. I really liked how clancy put the suspense in this book, but certain parts of this book was a little slow at times, but the ending is great. You will be shocked at the ending of this book.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Slow and boring
I read this book only because I have read all of Clancy's other fiction books. This book was disappointing. Read more
Published on July 14 2004 by Evan M.

1.0 out of 5 stars Worse With Each Page Turned
Half-a-star, but that option doesn't exist.

For anyone who is a fan of the character Jack Ryan, and to a degree Clancy's writing, this book will be an incredible let down. Read more

Published on July 4 2004 by Melani

2.0 out of 5 stars Major disappointment
I have been a fan of Tom Clancy and Jack Ryan since I first read Red October. I am not convinced that Clancy really wrote this book by himself. Read more
Published on Jun 28 2004 by Joe Burton

1.0 out of 5 stars Clancy keeps getting worse
When I heard that Clancy wrote a book that was set back in the 80's Cold War era again I was more than a little hopeful that he could regain some of his earlier writing success... Read more
Published on Jun 8 2004 by M. L. Robinson

1.0 out of 5 stars Mr. Clancy, Get Thee To An Editor!
A generous review: take this book as a long character exposition piece, with a middling storyline around it. Read more
Published on Jun 7 2004 by Moraga Amazoner

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Clancy's best, but still good.
I actually liked "Red Rabbit" a little better than most people who have reviewed it here did. Read more
Published on Jun 1 2004 by rnorton828

3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting look at the early days of Jack Ryan
Tom Clancy's Red Rabbit is an early look at the career of Jack Ryan. It's the early 1980's and Ryan's on loan to British Intelligence in London when he becomes aware of a KGB plot... Read more
Published on May 30 2004 by Brian

3.0 out of 5 stars A good read and a decent history lesson for Jack Ryan fans.
If you are a fan of Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" series of novels, you will likely enjoy this one. "Red Rabbit" deals with the Cold War circa 1980-82 when Ronald Reagan and Margaret... Read more
Published on May 30 2004 by Roger J. Buffington

1.0 out of 5 stars Hey, Tom! Stop Writing Now!
This book is crap. Other reviewers have noted the stupid pitfalls that Clancy cannot seem to avoid. My least favorite must be the "Mr. so-and so? He's a GOOD MAN. Read more
Published on May 7 2004 by Dave

1.0 out of 5 stars REALLY WORTH A ZERO
Without question, this is the worst novel I have ever read.
At over 600 pages in length, it more appropriately should be condensed into a terrible short story. Read more
Published on April 26 2004 by William R. Gottschalk

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