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by Ross. Thomas (Author) "The three who survived the ambush on the black-sand beach were the nineteen-year-old second lieutenant of infantry; the five-foot-four guerrilla; and the huge, somewhat crazed..." (more)
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Booth Stallings, a 60-year-old Washington expert on terrorism, is suddenly fired from his job and then offered half a million dollars to act as liaison between a Philippines guerilla leader and a shadowy group who want that leader retired to Hong Kong with a $5-million payoff. Not knowing whether he is working for private interests or the intelligence community, Stallings decides to enlist specialized help before leaving for Manila. His chosen allies are a group of con men who spend most of their time attempting to swindle the guerillas, the CIA, and each other in order to get their hands on the 5 million. This is a complex, and often confusing, novel with a lot of loose ends. Not up to Thomas's usual standard. John North, L.R.C., Ryerson Polytechnical Inst., Toronto
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The three who survived the ambush on the black-sand beach were the nineteen-year-old second lieutenant of infantry; the five-foot-four guerrilla; and the huge, somewhat crazed medical corpsman who had sweated, starved and raved away sixteen pounds in the week that followed. Read the first page
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3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed In The End...., Mar 2 2003
By "The Woj" (Downers Grove, IL) - See all my reviews
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Agreed, excellent character development and story telling with many twists and turns, but in my opinion the book just fizzles in the end. Booth Stallings is the main character throughout most of the book; however, in the last few chapters his importance and intelligence just fades away. He's supposed to be an extremely knowledgable, brilliant "terrorism" expert, but by the end of the book he's portrayed as an old fool. Maybe I missed some elusive underlying point, but I was very disappointed. Thomas's writing reminded me of the John Grisham novels I have read. Great, fast paced reads with highly identifiable characters, but alas....quick spurt endings with very little thought.
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