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Absolute Power [Large Print] (Hardcover)

de David Baldacci (Author)
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Can the President get away with murder? The fictional answer to this question results in a fast-paced page turner that combines political intrigue with gritty, hard-boiled suspense This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.


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Casting the president of the United States as a crazed villain isn't a new idea?Fletcher Knebel worked it 30 years ago, in Night of Camp David?but in this sizzler of a first novel, Baldacci, a D.C. attorney, proves that the premise still has long legs. The action begins when a grizzled professional cat burglar gets trapped inside the bedroom closet of one of the world's richest men, only to witness, through a one-way mirror, two Secret Service agents kill the billionaire's trampy young wife as she tries to fight off the drunken sexual advances of the nation's chief executive. Running for his life, but not before he picks up a bloodstained letter opener that puts the president at the scene of the crime, the burglar becomes the target of a clandestine manhunt orchestrated by leading members of the executive branch. Meanwhile, Jack Graham, once a public defender and now a high-powered corporate attorney, gets drawn into the case because the on-the-lam burglar just happens to be the father of his former financee, a crusading Virginia prosecutor. Embroidering the narrative through assorted plot whorls are the hero's broken romance; his conflict over selling out for financial success; the prosecutor's confused love-hate for her burglar father; the relentless investigation by a northern Virginia career cop; the dilemma of government agents trapped in a moral catch-22; the amoral ambitions of a sexy White House Chief of Staff; and the old burglar's determination to bring down the ruthless president. Meanwhile, lurking at the novel's center like a venomous spider is the sociopathic president. Baldacci doesn't peer too deeply into his characters' souls, and his prose is merely functional?in both respects, he's much closer to Grisham than to, say, Forsyth; but he's also a first-rate storyteller who grabs readers by their lapels right away and won't let go until they've finished his enthralling yarn. Major ad/promo; BOMC alternate; film rights sold to Castle Rock; simultaneous Time Warner AudioBook.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 Story is engaging, Juil 17 2004
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This review is from: Absolute Power (Mass Market Paperback)
But the writing leaves a lot to be desired. The opening line tells you what you're in for: "He gripped the steering wheel loosely..." According to Webster's, grip means to seize or hold firmly, so by definition, gripping cannot be done loosely. This is the sort of annoying, unprofessional writing you have to look forward to throughout the novel. If you're just looking for an engaging story, you will have to suspend quite a lot of disbelief, but you may find the idea of this novel intriguing. If you consider quality of writing to be important, don't get this one. It was bad enough that I have not been willing to spend my money on another Baldacci novel.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 Absolute power corrupts absolutely, Jui 28 2004
Par M. A. Ramos (Florida USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Absolute Power (Hardcover)
Here we have a book where the President of the United States is the bad guy.....and the criminal is the man of honor. This book is a thriller with political intrigue and takes place mostly around the Metro D.C. area.

The book starts with an aging burglar, Luther, breaking into a billionaire's well protected mansion. He is suprised, but not caught by none other than the President of the good ol'USA. Who happens to be with the billionaire's young wife. Luther who is hidden in a safe with a two-way mirror, watches as the President starts to beat on the young woman. The woman in an act of self preservation, grabs a letter opener and stabs the President. The ensuing struggle and yell from the President, brings the very effective Secret Service Agents into the room. Where they shoot and kill her.

The scheming Chief of Staff hatches a quick course of action to start a cover up. But no one is aware of Luther who has watched the whole horrid affair. The story begins to pick up speed when Luther decides he has do what is right and set things straight.

You can tell this is Mr. Baldacci's first book. But worth the read. I read Total Control first, and find that book of a much higher quality. I think he will only improve with each book he writes. There were parts in this book where I just had to read one more section before I put it down.

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4.0étoiles sur 5 Good read, Mai 19 2004
Par Fred Black "Black Beard" (Florida) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Absolute Power (Mass Market Paperback)
Absolute Power is a fast paced,highly suspencful novel.When Luther goes to work, no one knows about it.For he would be arrested if they did.Being in his 60's Luther dreams of one last job to put him into retirement permanantly.He would then have nothing to worry about ever again.Except one thing,the love of his daughter that he had lost.He still heeps in distant touch with the love of his daughter's past. But when it comes time to pull this last job off.There were a few major complications, to keep Luther from easilly pulling this off without the knowledge of others.When people start to die for what was witnessed that particular night.Luther begins to wonder what to do next.And why the president has anything to do with this whole mess of untimelly circumstances.
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1.0étoiles sur 5 Negitive -10 stars
Here we have the president of the US screwing his mentor's, the richest man on earth, way too young wife. The Pres and the girl are stinking drunk. Read more
Publié le Avril 27 2004

4.0étoiles sur 5 Now I want to see the movie again
This is the second book that I've read by this author, and it was definitely a page-turner. However, there weren't any characters that were really likable. Read more
Publié le Avril 16 2004 par Vanessa Larkspur

1.0étoiles sur 5 You've got to be kidding me
1. Great story...It's like The Simple Truth, but worse
2. The way was written could've been alot better
3. Read more
Publié le Fév 8 2004 par xboxplayer

4.0étoiles sur 5 A great book, Baldacci is great
This was a compelling, intriguing story that had me on the edge of my seat the whole way through. The movie ruined the story--but that's Clint for you.
Publié le Nov. 16 2003 par Alicia Cathers

2.0étoiles sur 5 Absoulte Garbage
Absolute Power starts off very strongly, but degenerates into a series of improbabilities that made me start skipping pages three at a time toward the end. Read more
Publié le Sep 29 2003 par Jeffrey Williams

5.0étoiles sur 5 Absolute thriller!
I read this book when it was first published, and fell in love with David Baldacci. Unfortunately, Clint Eastwood butchered the movie and cheated movie-goers out of the true... Read more
Publié le Aoû 5 2003 par Cynthia K. Robertson

5.0étoiles sur 5 A highly engaging thriller...
One of the best suspense-laden novels I've ever read, "Absolute Power" will make the slowest of readers tear through its pages with reckless abandon. Read more
Publié le Juil 16 2003 par Britt Gillette

4.0étoiles sur 5 Top Notch
What really gets me about "Absolute Power" is that the premise while far-fetched is written so well that you don't question it. Read more
Publié le Jui 2 2003 par Tyler Tanner

5.0étoiles sur 5 BEST BALDACCI EVER
MOST INTRIGUING THRILLER YET. SUSPENSE? ALL YOU COULD ASK FOR
Publié le Avril 23 2003 par virgarcia

5.0étoiles sur 5 Grabbed my attention from the start . . .
This book grabbed my attention from the opening chapters and held it all the way through. This is a very interesting, well-written novel about a [dishonest] President of the... Read more
Publié le Mars 17 2003 par Jerry Sanchez

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