- Hardcover: 216 pages
- Publisher: William Morrow & Co (Oct 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 068805840X
- ISBN-13: 978-0688058401
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,654,406 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The first novel of classic adventure from the 'master storyteller', Ken Follett
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Three seemingly unrelated events occur on a single morning in London. An MP wakes up after spending the night with a beautiful young woman. A tycoon meets a leading Bank of England official for breakfast. And an underworld gang boss briefs his crew. Nothing so far to keep the tabloid editors awake. Until ambitious young reporter Kevin Hart uncovers his first promising link... Because what is at stake is conspiracy: conspiracy to defraud, no matter what the human cost. On one unforgettable day in the world’s financial capital, fortunes will be destroyed and ideals will be shattered by the discovery that the whole truth is too dangerous to print...
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ken Follett is one of my favourite authors - his epic "Pillars of the Earth" is probably the one work of fiction I enjoyed the most.
This book is a rather different kind of book in several ways - the story is considerably shorter, and thus it won't take you long to read it. There is also less of the lush descriptive detail that makes some of his other books so immersive. Despite this, there is still a very intricate plot, involving many quirky characters with outrageous backgrounds, and there is a sense of dry humour sprinkled throughout.
I did enjoy the book, but I can't say I enjoyed it as much as I did some of his others. I found myself getting characters mixed up, and several times I had to turn back to an earlier page to try and find that missed detail.
It seems appropriate, then, that the author himself should have said in his foreword, "Clever plots satisfy authors more than readers." As a writer I would have been proud of writing "Paper Money", but admittedly it's not one of the first books I would pick up on a cold winter evening by the fireplace.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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Having trouble finding enlish literature in o.v. in latinamerica "Paper Money" was the first book of Ken Follet as well as the first one in spanish I read. Putting aside differences that might arise through translating it I found it to be a marvelos novel, concentrating the whole plot taking place in only one day, divided into hours. In his foreword Follet says he considers this book as "his best without success" he ever wrote, stating as well that this might be because of the numerous caracters he uses in a quite complex story. For me it turned out to be a real "pageturner" and I think you should read it right this way. Beeing rather short you can get trough it in just a couple of days. My advice: Worth reading one of Follets very first works published as far back as 1976.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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One of Follett's early novellas which could do without the largely apologetic preface from the great man. I enjoyed it as the pace of the story and the sheer amount of sub-plots would today be glorified and acclaimed if filmed and directed by a pseudo Guy Ritchie. Easy read - enjoy it for what it is and what became of the author subsequently.
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Worth it for the 1970s
I didn't realise that this book was written in 1976, so I was very impressed that the author managed to capture the ambience of the 1970s in London. Read more
Published 1 month ago by E. Weatherup
Best for Author's Enthusiasts; It's Thin Gruel, Indeed
"Paper Money," was written in 1976, and originally published in the United Kingdom in 1977 by Ken Follett, international bestselling British author, under the pseudonym Zachary... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Stephanie DePue
Quick, easy read, lacks depth of his later works
A very quick easy page turner (286 pages but I easily read it within a single day). It lacks the depth of his later works, but as he says in the introduction to the 1987 edition,... Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2007 by John Hopper
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