Acrobat - Softcover

Lira, Gonzalo

3.04

48 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312989717 ISBN 13: 9780312989712

Publisher: St Martin's Press, 2003

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Accused of stealing sixty million dollars and selling U.S. secrets, "Acrobat "must go underground. Pursued from the secret corridors of the CIA to the gritty streets of New York by their former allies and friends, they soon realize there is a traitor among them. But who would betray the trust of the group? Caught in a web of lies and deceit, the group must decide: stay and fight or run and escape? Stylish, edgy and completely original-from the explosive opening scene to the final astonishing moments-this is masterful storytelling at breakneck speeds.

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Review:

"As exciting as any big-screen adventure, as nerve-racking as any real-life danger. An absolute stunner."--"Booklist "(starred review) "Hip and lethal [with] a dynamite opening scene...lively and fun to read."--Washington Post "From its blistering blastoff in Manhattan to a sinister splashdown in the political swampland of Washington, D.C., this isn't a novel-it's a rocket ride. Gonzalo Lira writes with a style that's furious and fulfilling, and Acrobat is the kind of book that's all about taking the reader to the next level. You won't find anything more intense or involving this side of a free-fire zone."--Douglas E. Winter, author of "Run" "A triumph of style over substance. Lira has a thrilling prose style...there is no way, once we have started reading the book, to put it down again until Lira is prepared to give us a moment's rest. Then it's back on the locomotive, take a deep breath and hold on."--"Booklist "(starred review) "It's not George Smiley's kind of spycraft, but it's complex enough and no less deadly. Swaggering body language, hip and swingy language-color them infinitely gaudier than the usual Smiley-gray: in fact, think of the Mod Squad folded into the CIA...It's their differences, however, that make them so interesting and their fates so poignant. Lira is an edgy, energetic storyteller, and his spin on a well-worn genre has it frisking about almost as if newly minted."--"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review) "The conventional CIA thriller is given a hip-hop twist. . .a perfectly twisted ending the most jaded reader won't see coming."--"Publishers Weekly" "Just when it seemed that every plot, character, and twist had been mined out of the thriller genre, along comes Gonzalo Lira's Acrobat, a stunning freight train of a novel bursting with energy, action, and character you can actually care about. Once you've read this book, you'll have a new definition of 'page-turner'."--Eric Garcia, author of "Anonymous Rex" and" Casual Rex" "Action-packed [with] characters readers can care about."--"Library Journal"

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"Hip and lethal [with] a dynamite opening scene...lively and fun to read." -Washington Post

The CIA work group Acrobat is on the run. Young and sophisticated, smart and daring this specialized group of five CIA operatives, formed to expose the criminal acts of traitors within the CIA, is now the target of the organization they once defended.

"Gonzalo Lira writes with the polished hand of a poet and a fighter's taste for blood." -Lorenzo Carcaterra, author of Sleeper and Gangster

Accused of stealing sixty million dollars and selling U.S. secrets, Acrobat must go underground. Pursued from the secret corridors of the CIA to the gritty streets of New York by their former allies and friends, they soon realize there is a traitor among them. But who would betray the trust of the group?

"A perfectly twisted ending the most jaded reader won't see coming." -Publishers Weekly

Caught in a web of lies and deceit, the group must decide: stay and fight or run and escape? Stylish, edgy and completely original-from the explosive opening scene to the final astonishing moments-this is masterful storytelling at breakneck speeds.

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