- Paperback: 496 pages
- Publisher: Mandarin; New edition edition (13 Jan 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 074932161X
- ISBN-13: 978-0749321611
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.7 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 125,900 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Mild-mannered accountant Alex Goodman is the archetypal little man who becomes a hero during his quest to track down the killers of his wife and daughter. In a novel about ruthlessness and revenge, Alex takes on Yardies, the IRA, badger baiters, the CIA and the President of Pakistan, to name a few.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
gripping ...yes..but true ?..come on.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Sett (Paperback)
Great read,the first fifty pages were a bit hard work but then you see where it is going and you're hooked.how through one small act of protection for a wild animal so many lives were destroyed defies belief.the part about the tonnage bets really scared me,god does that really go on.anyway if there really is an Alex Goodman out there then there's no point saying take care,but god bless you.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
very factual account.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Sett (Paperback)
I was involved in one of the incidents described in this book. The author has researched very well and the facts for this particular incident are very accurate.yes it can be depressing but that is the way it happened.The author says some very nice things about me and my colleagues all of which are appreciated. A very enjoyable read particularly if it's about you!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Looking into the lion's mouth,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Sett (Paperback)
Whilst reading this book, I was reminded of the (inanely stupid or ridiculously brave) man whose job at the circus is to put his head squarely in the mouth of a (presumably well-fed) lion.Why? Well the book itself is nothing short of magnificent. What at first feels like a sequence of unrelated vignettes suddenly knits together to form an impossibly linked insight into a tortured man's life. I chose to say impossibly as opposed to improbably here as throughout there are smatterings of true life events that only serve to reinforce this meld. And this is where I feel my head has (carefully) been placed within the book's own lion's mouth; for many, this fine line between the improbable and impossible will be hard to persevere with. Do you trust what is in front of you enough to suspend the belief that the claimed true life element of the book is nothing short of cynical ploy - after all, how can all these seemingly unconnected happenings coincide to shape the life of a poor, down and out man dying of cancer who has only 1 remaining photograph to prove his existence? Or, do you embrace the book and marvel at the bravery of a man who chose to confront, expose and even come to understand many of the dark, hidden evils that are prevalent upon our own doorsteps only to lose everything dear to him? There is no grey area with this book and this is borne out by the reviews on this page. You either believe it or you don't; after all the lion man doesn't take a bow for simply walking into the cage with the lion - he either gets booed for not going in at all or he gets plaudits for clearing the lion's saliva from his brow. I for one chose to keep my head firmly in the lion's mouth right until the very end and found it was one hell of a rewarding read.
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