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by Jeffrey Archer
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by Jeffrey Archer
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by Jeffrey Archer
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by Jeffrey Archer
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by Jeffrey Archer
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One might assume that, given Archer's proximity to genuine political power for much of his life, he would be in a position to bring a greater realism to his story of high-stakes political manoeuvring than other authors without his experience. He certainly encourages this belief on his page of acknowledgements, which includes a former director of the CIA and FBI and a U.S. National Security Advisor. However, readers anticipating evidence of any great insight into this world should prepare to be disappointed--this is not where the strength of the book lies, although there are some nice touches, and a certain suspension of disbelief is necessary to get the best out of it. Mind you, one doesn't doubt that Archer's eleventh commandment, "Thou shalt not be caught", is a maxim many politicians and power-brokers, himself included, have lived their lives by. Where he does succeed, though, is in story-telling, with a relentless plot and the creation of a sympathetic, if barely plausible, central character capable of drawing readers in and carrying them, thrill-a-minute, to a dramatic, surprising and ultimately satisfying conclusion. --Alisdair Bowles
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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'A storyteller in the class of Alexandre Dumas' Washington Post 'Archer has a gift for plot that can only be described as genius' Daily Telegraph 'The man's a genius' Fay Weldon, Evening Standard 'Few are more famous than Archer for keeping the pages turning' Peter Stothard, The Times
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