- Paperback: 544 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; paperback / softback edition (5 Aug 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140294228
- ISBN-13: 978-0140294224
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 319,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A chilling thriller" The List "Hard to put down" Time Out
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Benjamin Sword Hoppner, philanthropist and visionary, has created his own utopia in the Central American cloud forests, governed by a strict moral code. He's promised financial support to anyone who can satisfy him of their good character. And Mark Weston is determined to do exactly that. Journeying through country still devastated by war, Mark reaches Hoppner's isolated "perfect society", only to discover that his generosity comes with terrible strings attached...
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ever since I read the Mind Game I have been waiting for the next offering from Hector Macdonald and the Hummingbird Saint doesn't dissapoint.
The novel is written from the perspective of a character called Mark Weston who travels to Central America to pit himself against to moralty test of Benjamin Sword Hoppner, a reclusive billionaire visionary who has offered to donate funds to anyone who meets with him representing a just cause.
Hectors writing style is compelling and you really start to feel for the main characters and their emotions.
There are strong thought provoking philosophical veins throughout resuling in a well written, intellectual and overall captivating read.
The novel is written from the perspective of a character called Mark Weston who travels to Central America to pit himself against to moralty test of Benjamin Sword Hoppner, a reclusive billionaire visionary who has offered to donate funds to anyone who meets with him representing a just cause.
Hectors writing style is compelling and you really start to feel for the main characters and their emotions.
There are strong thought provoking philosophical veins throughout resuling in a well written, intellectual and overall captivating read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Hector Macdonalds descriptions of the South Amercian villages and people is awsome and he manages to intertwine the action, adventure and thriller elements very well.
A hugely enjoyable read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
“The Mind Game” is an excellent book, and when I read it last year I was struck by how much promise Macdonald had as an author and eagerly awaited whatever was due to follow. What has followed is this, “The Hummingbird Saint”, in which Macdonald ably delivers on the promise of his debut and turns in what is easily one of the books of the year. It is an excellent book, built around an unconventional but never irrational idea, inside of which it would be very easy for the narrative to get lost, wander down too many inconsequential alleys; but what is most reassuring here is the way Macdonald knows his way around his own story – the locations are richly rendered, the plotting is excellently paced, and the characters are all vividly realised. Hoppner, around whom most of the story revolves, is an especially rich creation since there is such potential to feel let down by him when he does appear, such is the anticipation of his arrival. No such problems here. It all works, and it works marvellously. Mix in some genuinely shocking moments, philosophical arguments countered by the necessarily cynical viewpoints that keep the novel grounded in real concerns (such as the issues of life and death), and a compelling series of relationships between all the characters involved and what you have is a first-rate novel which gives your head as much of a working as your fingernails. Macdonald is an extremely talented author and handles events with style and intelligence, never talking down to his audience while discussing some fairly complex arguments, and wrapping it all up nicely with a brilliantly considered ending. Whatever is due next, may it come quickly!
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Bring on the next Macdonald masterpiece!
Another 'holiday read' from Hector Macdonald, but one which brings huge enjoyment to its readers.
Following the remarkable 'Mind Game' (which made me miss my bus stop by half a... Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2004 by patrick whibley
A riproaring yarn.
This isnt just a holiday book, but everyone I lent it to (its pretty dogeared) couldnt put it down. I think this is even better than his first novel (The Mind Game). Read more
Published on 21 Nov 2003 by "anewilson"
Disappointing after The Mind Game
The Hummingbird Saint could have been a great book, but it ultimately fails to live up to it's bestselling predecessor. Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2003
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