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The Hidden Oasis (Hardcover)

by Paul Sussman (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 560 pages
  • Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press (6 Oct 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0802119182
  • ISBN-13: 978-0802119186
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.7 x 4.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 410,653 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars 600 pages of an enjoyable read - an end with a "India Jones touch", 3 Dec 2009
By Klaus van Amelrode "kmcva" - See all my reviews
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Paul Sussmann's novels are a bit different from the usual mystery story with a semi-historial background. The usual style is very short chapter, different angles and fast paced action. You will find the two last aspects here too, but the chapters are not that short and above all he builds up the characters of his main personalites... step by step. Therefore, they are much more rounded and "human" than the often sterotypes of other novels.I like that very much. On top he spends time to describe landscapes etc. Here is love and understanding of Egygt clearly shows. This is highly enjoyable. By this one rather glides into the story instead of being sucked into it. I like this very much. Of course the story gains pace and Paul Sussmann simply knows how to hold the reader's interest.It is a page turner where fact and fiction merge into a one. It is without a shadow of a doubt highly entertaining. The end is not - like ever so often - a disappointment but has rather a certain "India Jones touch". One could imagine that as the grand finale of a motion picture. The only reservation I have is that certain twists are a bit too predicatble here - when some good guys turn out be the bad one and vice versa.

All in 600 pages I did enjoy.

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25 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific action-every-page thriller adventure - perfect escapism, 28 Sep 2009
By S. Cook (London) - See all my reviews
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From the moment you open this book and see the maps of the the Egyptian desert and the enigmatic hieroglyphics, you know you are in for a treat. And then you turn over and are swept immediately into a savage sacrificial throat-cutting episode in the heart of the Great Sand Sea 3000 years ago... and you're off on an action-packed and gripping Indiana Jones style adventure featuring a contemporary archaeologist/Egyptologist, a heroine whose idea of fun is solo climbing up massive cliff faces, varied Bedouin elders, a very dodgy criminal with a penchant for imaginative murders (and a fear of cockroaches!) plus a spook or two, all drawn together throughy a long-lost secret allied with a very modern threat. It's cinematic in feel as it whisks the reader from scene to scene, the action is unrelenting with plenty of in-the-nick-of-time escapes and near misses, and the climax is truly inventive and edge-of-the-seat exciting. The background knowledge is pretty impressive too but this isn't the kind of book where you need to concentrate hard on a complicated history or it doesn't make sense. It's much more fun than that! And definitely a book you won't want to put down until you've finished. It would make a brilliant stocking-filler pressie too.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Almost wonderful, 11 Dec 2009
This review is from: The Hidden Oasis (Paperback)
After reading Paul Sussman's totally brilliant and hugely compelling Last Secret of the Temple, I was hoping that this new novel would be even better, but it's actually a bit of a let-down. It's very good, and if you want to read a thriller in the Dan Brown tradition it's certainly recommended. But although Hidden Oasis starts well, the denouement doesn't quite hack it, and at the end it all tends to fizzle out. I don't want to write a spoiler of a review, but I'm wondering if the ending was imposed on Mr Sussman by his publishers?
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4.0 out of 5 stars A ripping yarn !
A thoroughly enjoyable read let down perhaps as other reviewers have mentioned by the last couple of chapters. Copied too much from adventure films. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Written for filming?
After reading, and being enthralled by, Mr Sussman's first two novels, I awaited the November release of "The Lost Oasis" with tingling anticipation. What a let-down... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good romp right up until the last 100 pages
I confess to buying this book mainly because so much of it was located in the Gilf Kebir, an area of Egypt which I know and is very close to my heart. Read more
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