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TRANSFER OF POWER by Vince Flynn

TRANSFER OF POWER by Vince Flynn
christine 1999 / Fiction / Reviews / Thriller / USA 12 March 2015 18 May 2020 Leave a comment

There are times when I feel a tad silly reviewing an author I have just discovered, when (seemingly) everyone else in the world is already a diehard fan. Ah well. So, yes, just discovered Mitch Rapp, the hero of Vince Flynn’s “Transfer of Power,” and reading it against the backdrop …

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The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi

The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi
christine 2008 / Asia / Fiction / Subcontinent 15 May 2012 18 May 2020 Leave a comment

This slim book, winner of the Prix Goncourt, and translated from French by Polly McLean, is extraordinary on every level.  It is poetic, lyrical, moving, crude, tragic, sometimes funny in an earthy way, and absolutely engrossing. The plot is simple, the action confined to one room, the characters very few, …

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