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by Colin Forbes (Author)
1.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd; 1st edition (11 Dec 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0743202872
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743202879
  • Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,307,668 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Forbes is a prolific writer of adventures/thrillers with varied backgrounds, and Rhinoceros is yet another riveting read for his multitudinous fans. This page-turner is set in a glamorous world of well-heeled aristocrats, high-powered diplomats, fabulously rich businessmen and power-addicted politicians, accompanied by assertive women, one of whom is a mistress in disguise. The characters jet-set Club class, drive through hundreds of miles of Europe in Mercedes stretch limousines and favour Valentino and Chanel labels. Yet, as protagonist Tweed, Deputy Director of the SIS, maintains, nobody is what they seem to be. Many people, moreover, seem to be dead: this is a thriller with a very high body count. Suicides turn out to be murders, and sinister characters receive their just deserts by ingenious means, yet the reader never feels that the violence is gratuitous or too stomach-churning, nor is there any gratuitous sex. In the end, very satisfyingly, good triumphs over evil and the main heroes come through their trials unscathed. In many ways this is an old-fashioned novel and this judgement is meant as a compliment. Yet in other ways the novel is one for the 21st century: another compliment. It taps into today's complicated social structure of the Internet and high-tech communication, the global economy, mass migration, money and power. It also reaches many of the fears connected with today's world and way of living: the octopus influence of the Internet, which is not always for good, global warming, refugee smuggling, destabilizing as a weapon and means to political power, and corruption in the form of money-laundering. The main characters in Rhinoceros believe in integrity and a simpler world: it is good to be able to escape temporarily and join them in the place they work hard to make safe. (Kirkus UK)

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Tweed, Paula Grey and Bob Newman are on the trail of five heads of state who are conspiring to cause massive civil unrest throughout the western world. Dictatorsip will be the only acceptable form of government. Tweed knows the identity of four of the ringleaders, but who is the fifth?
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1.0 out of 5 stars My first Colin Forbes and my last........, 13 Oct 2002
By J. R. MCCARTHY (Hampshire, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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First time I have read one of Colin Forbes's books, and what a dire and unbelievable story. I am not after avid realism, but when you get some sort of technological blast that wipes out the whole of Europe's telecoms, you would expect some change in social order. I read to end because I didn't really believe it could end up as bad as it did, but of course I was wrong. I love parody, so Austin Powers' parody of James Bond, with the evil baddy's secret underground lair is right up my street. The baddy's secret island lair was in this case meant to be taken as truly believable.

What rubbish.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Worst Forbes Book Ever, 25 Jun 2001
By pparch@tesco.net (London, England) - See all my reviews
Having read all Forbes "Tweed books" I eagerly awaited this one; I shouldn't have bothered! This book was not worth the effort!

Tweed and crew once again have to save the world from a megalomaniac trying to take over. The format is always exactly the same, only "the locations have been changed to protect the innocent". It's about time Colin did some research into technology as well as locations, then he would understand things like the Internet and 'phone systems. A device that is radio operated can't eliminate the Internet and 'phone systems across the world under any circumstances and one which then allows commercial airline operations to continue without disruption is totally unbelievable! It is hard to see where his next book is going to come from, it's just the same old tired formula re-hashed each time. Some like "This United State" are at least thought provoking but this is the worst yet.

I read this on vacation along with Ken Follett's Code To Zero and Jack Higgin's Day Of Reckoning, both extremely good and well written. Ken Follett can relate a very good tale and Jack Higgins handles the series format with aplomb, Colin would do well to read these to understand how to write again! Unfortunately, I will not be buying the next Colin Forbes book, he has disappointed me too much this time!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Painful. Actually painful to read., 1 Nov 2007
By A. Lines (UK) - See all my reviews
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Having run out of reading material, having never read Colin Forbes, and wanting something that should last me a fair amount of time, I picked up this nice thick book in a second-hand sale. It certainly lasted me a long time - I couldn't read more than three pages at most at a time. The dialogue as others have said was completely unbelievable however far your imagination can stretch.

The whole story struck me as being like a fanfic you might read on the internet with chapters written seperately and posted later - there was no flow to the story, and the use of dialogue to remind us of everything that has happened so far...that was the painful part. And the dialogue to help us, the reader (such as Paula's peculiar need to tell the head of SIS that Americans call their Foreign Secretary the Secretary of State).

Now as I said I have not read any of the previous books, so I had no idea about characters' histories. I still don't. As far as I can tell now, Tweed is the leader, Paula his girlfriend, and Monica is the Internet 'expert'. All the other characters sounded exactly the same to me. If it were not for their names being different, I'd presume they were just one person talking to himself. No depth to them at all.

I don't necessarily mind online fanfics. Indeed, some of them can be good reads. However, this wasn't one of those, and most fanfics are not 471 pages long. This is my first Colin Forbes book, and I'm not inclined to add to the list.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Possibly the worst book I have ever read.
I must agree with the majority of reviewers that this book is utter garbage!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A flash of the old Forbes
In the last few books on Tweed, it was easy to recognize the villain, and they fell into a pattern. I am glad this one is unpredictable to the last pages (the last member of the... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but could have been much better
Well, my thoughts on reading Rhinoceros are mixed. On one hand I am impatient with the way that Forbes handles his characters. Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2001

1.0 out of 5 stars Childish in prose. Unexciting in content
I agree with the views of the majority of your reviewers. I wish I had read them before I paid top dollar for the book. He appears to be writing for pre teens. Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2001

1.0 out of 5 stars Not one of his best
I have read Colin Forbes books for a number of years, and I must say, unfortunately, that this must be his worst. Read more
Published on 3 May 2001 by melanie@bearcottage.fsnet.co.uk

4.0 out of 5 stars Time to fill out some of the characters
I have read all of Colin Forbes "Tweed" books and enjoy them all, this one like the previous books is a good story which has the SIS team from Park Crescent, travelling... Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2001 by Mrs. J. W. Long

4.0 out of 5 stars Time for a change.
Having read almost all of the books by Colin Forbes and being a huge fan of the Tweed series, i feel that the time has come to bring the curtain down on some of the regular... Read more
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