- Paperback: 245 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury (1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747542384
- ISBN-13: 978-0747542384
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.2 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 77,558 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Truly troubling
18 May 2006
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Ira Levin has an eye for evil. He knows man's avarice and his tendancy to misuse the skills he has developed. It was slightly sinister in "The Stepford Wives." It was dark and unnerving in "Rosemary's Baby."
In "The Boys from Brazil," Levin strikes an uglier chord, as he couple's the greed of man with once futuristic science and technology that has become reality. This one has the added chill of being not far out of the neighborhood of possibility.
The plot is complex and yet tidy. War criminals from the Holocaust era have fled into hiding in deep, dark South America. There, with the help of the mad scientist, real life ghoul Josef Mengele, they plot to use the science of cloning to bring back their patriarchal hero. And so begins the truly alarming scheme for the rebirthing of Adolph Hitler.
Told in Levin's not-one-word-wasted, fast-paced style, "The Boy's from Brazil" is the story of truly evil men and of those who are committed to capturing them. Like all of Levin's masterpieces, this one hooks you from the start and drags you along like a tin can strung to the back of a car. You might read it in two nights. You might read it in one. Either way, read it. For Levin fans or for those unfamiliar with his work, this one is too hot to miss.
In "The Boys from Brazil," Levin strikes an uglier chord, as he couple's the greed of man with once futuristic science and technology that has become reality. This one has the added chill of being not far out of the neighborhood of possibility.
The plot is complex and yet tidy. War criminals from the Holocaust era have fled into hiding in deep, dark South America. There, with the help of the mad scientist, real life ghoul Josef Mengele, they plot to use the science of cloning to bring back their patriarchal hero. And so begins the truly alarming scheme for the rebirthing of Adolph Hitler.
Told in Levin's not-one-word-wasted, fast-paced style, "The Boy's from Brazil" is the story of truly evil men and of those who are committed to capturing them. Like all of Levin's masterpieces, this one hooks you from the start and drags you along like a tin can strung to the back of a car. You might read it in two nights. You might read it in one. Either way, read it. For Levin fans or for those unfamiliar with his work, this one is too hot to miss.
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