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The Afghan (Paperback)

by Frederick Forsyth (Author)
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  • Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Corgi Books; 1st Corgi Edition edition (13 Aug 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0552155047
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552155045
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 9.9 x 4.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (79 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 36,336 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The Afghan is an extraordinary story of bravery, fanaticism,
extreme espionage and advanced terrorism. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


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Exciting, frightening, instructive.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Afghan's early promise disappoints, 4 Oct 2006
By Mr. Jocelyn Walker (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Afghan (Hardcover)
The book gets off to a cracking start. As always Mr Forsyth has done his research, which makes the setting out of the plot all the more believable. Indeed, with a foot so firmly placed in reality the book reads almost as if it was a journalistic account of an actual event rather than a work of fiction. So why does this book that is so engrossing for the first 200 pages suddenly massively disappoint. Well, I am sorry Mr Foryth but suddenly, and for no good reason, this gritty and believable story goes into a complete fantasy land. I shan't go into detail but basically it involves an aeroplane developing mechanical problems somewhere over the vastness of the USA What, we ask, has this got to do with our plot? All is soon revealed, as by a truly staggering coincidence of fantastical proportions, the plane crashes onto the exact spot where one of the main characters happens to be. If he had been hit by a meteor it would have been more believable. As it is, this is the point where the story virtually collapses. The strong thread of reality, which weaves together the first two thirds of the book is severered beyond repair. As a result I felt a profound indifference to what followed. What a shame!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Ridiculous plot coincidence ruins book..., 11 Jul 2008
I was quite enjoying this book despite, as has been mentioned in other reviews, the virtual "disappearance" of the lead character half way through the book, then all of a sudden an event occurs with a crashed fighter jet which is so unlikely and improbable that it completely ruins the whole book.

I will now describe this moment so if you do not want the any plot details revealed stop reading but I feel I must point it out -

We are expected to believe a fighter jet just happened to malfunction (due to an engineer leaving a spanner somewhere on the jet by accident) at the time it just happened to be flying directly over a secret bunker, just happened to destroy part of it and kill some of the agents, just happened to destroy the wall where the prisoner was held and just happened to give him a chance to escape...what a load of nonsense. The chances of this happening are so remote that it really is beyond ridiculous.

How intelligent critics who are paid to review books can look past this ludicrous plot moment I fail to understand. I can`t bring myself to read any more of this terrible book so would advise anyone else not to bother unless you want quite good background information on the situation in Afghanistan, as this has ruined the book for me completely.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Good then horribly bad, 18 Oct 2006
By Mr. Neil Crawford (Dundee, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Afghan (Hardcover)
I agree with the sentiments of most of the other reviewers, it feels horribly rushed in the latter half of the book.

The story starts off great with some nice scene setting of flashbacks to the Afgan conflict with the Soviet occupation. Mike Martin the SAS man from Fist of God is sent in to impersonate an Afgan prisoner from Guantanamo Bay. MM also worked with the afgan in the fight against the soviets. All good so far.

The reader is fed tid bits of information about the Al-Q plan to do their next big attack on the west - which sounds pretty credible.

Then by the most outrageous of coincidences the Afgan prisoner escapes. But for no point at all other than to make a chase chapter with no relevance to the bigger plot.

Then the book finishes in what feels like a few pages with a really disappointing ending. It feels like FF's original plans were to have all these events to intertwine but was rushed or they didn't work. As it is I was really disappointed and it is a real dip in form because i really enjoyed the avenger his previous book.

Don't bother with this one, get any of his previous books!
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3.0 out of 5 stars The Afghan
I had this book recommended to me by the CEO at work so almost felt obliged to read it on my forthcoming holiday. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. R. Tague

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
The Afghan is a sort of a sequel to the fist of god ,which was a superb thriller and a match for Day of The Jackal. Read more
Published 2 months ago by citygent

2.0 out of 5 stars Well researched but the plot is flawed.
I've always liked Frederick Forsyth's cold war novels, and I was glad to see, when this book came out, that Forsyth was keeping up with the world by looking at the current shadow... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dedonno Jason Enzo

3.0 out of 5 stars Airport fare.
This is a typical Forsyth book - entertaining airport fare. Nothing too deep or challenging, or stimulating. But a good story...
Published 3 months ago by David Robertson

1.0 out of 5 stars Where is the story?
I have been a fan of the author since 'The Day Of The Jackal'. He has always had a reputation for his attention to detail and research, which, in the past have greatly enhanced... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Ace Music Lover

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Being a Forsyth addict, I read the Afghan with the same thriller craving with which I have read every one of his other books. However, this time I came away disappointed. Read more
Published 7 months ago by F. Araujo

2.0 out of 5 stars Devoid of tension
With a reputation like Fredrick Forsythe's I expected a lot more excitement. There was plenty of history and authentic-sounding information but absolutely no tension or sense /... Read more
Published 8 months ago by D. Clarke

3.0 out of 5 stars Frightening High Concept
You can argue that a novel is in fact a balancing act between three different components, namely exposition, plot and characterisation. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Paul T Horgan

2.0 out of 5 stars Never really care about any of the characters
Apart from a certain unbelievable coincidence (as mentioned in other reviews) which surely could have been replaced with something cleverer, the plot for this is reasonable if... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Lessthanideal

4.0 out of 5 stars Not usual standard but still worth reading.
In terms of pace this one takes an age to get going.

It is rich in background detail as is the author's norm, and descriptive as ever too. Read more
Published 12 months ago by British Commentator

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