- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Headline Review; New edition edition (5 Sep 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0755302990
- ISBN-13: 978-0755302994
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 789,883 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2003. War-torn Baghdad: Saddam Hussein may be hiding in a hole, but foreign correspondent Faith Zanetti is once again at the heart of the action. And once again, she's loving it: the heat, the rush, the danger -- dare she say it -- the excitement. But there is one bombshell that even Faith isn't prepared for. Green-eyed weapons inspector Joshua F.Klein is powerful, wise and seductive, and he's also got the stories Faith needs. Standing under fire with this man, she feels safer than she's ever felt before. But in fact, she's in more danger than ever -- buffeted by passion for a man whose allegiances are as mysterious as he is elusive. Is she covering the sodding war or is she losing her mind? With fat photographer Don McCaughrean, hard as nails Carly Posner and her on-off lover Eden Jones, Faith plunges headlong into the war on Saddam and the battle for her own sanity
About the Author
Anna Blundy has worked in the news media since leaving Oxford in 1992. She has published two books, EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE, a memoir of her father,and ONLY MY DREAMS, a novel set in England and Russia. She lives in Italy with her husband, Horatio, and children Lev and Hope. Her proudest achievement is having been a blues singer in a Moscow band in the early 1990s and she wishes she was more like her heroine, Faith Zanetti.
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Format:Paperback
Lots of things about this book are great: Faith Zanetti has a sharp and sassy voice, and the authenticity of the atmosphere amongst war correspondents in Iraq as the war starts is done excellently. Also the chemistry between Faith and enigmatic American weapons inspector, Josh Klein, is palpable.
But amongst the good stuff there are some cliches: why does every sassy girl in fiction have to have a not-very-well-concealed inner vulnerability? And, nearly always, a father complex?
The big problem I found with this book is that Josh just doesn't stand up as a character: rather than setting up a tension between his 'sincere' side and his political side, this book tries to make him both a 'goodie' and a 'baddie' but rather than adding depth to his characters, it just seems to make him schizophrenic.
The ending is all rather too hyper-dramatic and all a bit silly, too.
So lots of good stuff, but ultimately unsatisfying I'm afraid.
But amongst the good stuff there are some cliches: why does every sassy girl in fiction have to have a not-very-well-concealed inner vulnerability? And, nearly always, a father complex?
The big problem I found with this book is that Josh just doesn't stand up as a character: rather than setting up a tension between his 'sincere' side and his political side, this book tries to make him both a 'goodie' and a 'baddie' but rather than adding depth to his characters, it just seems to make him schizophrenic.
The ending is all rather too hyper-dramatic and all a bit silly, too.
So lots of good stuff, but ultimately unsatisfying I'm afraid.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
There is something different about this book. The characters are bold, and at the same time simple and complicated. The mystery is psychological and more 'who is this guy and how does he do this to me?' rather than whodunnit? The story skims quickly along the surface, occasionally dipping under into the pschology of war and those who are addicted to it, but always comes up again before it loses momentum. This one is better crafted than the first book in this series, though still perhaps a little rough around the plot edges. However, can't wait for the next one, and hope there are many more to come.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I enjoyed this even more than the first Faith Zanetti novel and it sees the character develop into a more realistic person.
Once again it is an easy read but the story has a good twist to it at the end and is never boring.
Once again it is an easy read but the story has a good twist to it at the end and is never boring.
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