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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6 EAN: 9780399155017 ISBN: 0399155015 Label: Putnam Adult Manufacturer: Putnam Adult Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: 2008-07-22 Publisher: Putnam Adult Studio: Putnam Adult
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Not so believable...particularly the Audio Version Comment: First, let me comment on the Audio.. It plain stinks. The reader uses some European stereotyped Jewish accent mixed with Russion for the Israeli characters...It makes them all sound evil.. It sounds ABSOLUTELY nothing like an Israeli accent. It changes the tone of the book to hear Israeli's talking like evil Russians with a Polish accent.. just horrible. And he did zero research. He said the word "Chuppah" (a wedding canopy) pronouncing the "ch" like the ch in "chair" instead of a "clear your throat" "H" sound. Anyone Jewish (and lots of Silva's readers certainly will be Jewish, will just laugh at this... it cheapens the writing. I am usually amazed at how good the readers of these novels are...but this one is terrible. I liked the book itself but some of it just strains your imagination. There is a long sequence where Allon needs to talk with a Russian journalist alone. They meet at a party, eat at a restaurant, then go on a tour of Moscow so they can talk. The whole time they are being shadowed. Meanwhile, Allon is supposed to be a diplomat and not a spy. But he is meeting in full view of all the Russian minders with the journalist closest to the one that the Russians FSB just killed. This is just lazy writing. Clearly he would be seen... and also...during that sequence, they talk in a cemetery within sight of the minders. Like the minders wouldn't have a listening cone that "hears" over long distances (like they have at the football games). This is just a huge plot hole.. sorry.... Customer Rating: Summary: Exciting Comment: As always, Danial Silva has written a very exciting and informative book. It fits in very well with todays intrigues and current evernts. Well done! Customer Rating: Summary: Daniel Silva Outdoes Himself Comment: As with all his books Mr. Silva has given us a page turner that wouldn't allow me to fall asleep at bedtime. This one was so on the mark. Can't wait to read his next one. HURRY! Customer Rating: Summary: Gabriel Allon is Back... Daniel Silva Rules! Comment: Daniel Silva has given us another exciting and well written Gabriel Allon mystery. The story is very interesting and based upon current affairs - you will find yourself often wondering how much is fiction and how much is fact based upon some of the world's current events. Either way it is great! You will enjoy this book if this is your introduction to Daniel Silva. You will soon find yourself seeking out all the other books in the series. If you are already a fan of Daniel Silva and Gabriel Allon you will enjoy this book and you will soon be wishing you did not finish it so soon and be anxiously waiting for the next adventure you can share with Gabriel Allon. Thank you Daniel Silva! You Rule! Customer Rating: Summary: Same Old, Same Old Comment: Despite the end of the Cold War, the Russian bogeyman still is accessible to the writers of spy/suspense stories. Even before the recent invasion of Georgia, the Russian "bad guys" were available to populate tales such as Moscow Rules. In fact, the title dates back to the classic le Carre novels. This novel is another in the Gabriel Allon series. He, of course, is the larger-than-life art restorer cum Israeli agent, equally adept with paintings and mayhem. In this case, he has to save the world from a Russian arms dealer supplying accurate ground-to-air missiles to al Qaeda. Written with the intensity and smoothness of its predecessors, Rules is as thoroughly exciting and entertaining as its forerunners. If Gabriel is a bit unreal, the character demands such a persona. Recommended.
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