Gideon - Hardcover

Andrews, Russell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0345423461 ISBN 13: 9780345423467

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1999

Synopsis

Hired in a secret meeting to write the story of a powerful man he is forbidden to meet, Carl Granville soon finds himself embroiled in an astonishing conspiracy that threatens to destroy him and those around him.

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Review:

Thriller readers are a difficult group to seduce: they've read all the key titles (and their numerous progeny) and are quick to recognise over-familiar material. So when a new premise appears, it's a cause for celebration. Andrews' publishers must have been pleased to receive this manuscript, for this is a unique and interesting plot which is handled in prose possessing a frictionless energy. When a writer, Carl Granville, is hired by a mysterious source to synthesise an old diary, articles and letters into fiction, he is bemused by the quarter of a million dollars he will be paid for this task. Needless to say, that price tag has a reason: the pseudonymous Gideon's book on which he is working has more than bestseller potential--it articulates a profound evil and a long disguised cover-up by a clandestine and powerful figure. And when people near to Carl begin to die, his apartment is ransacked and his computer stolen, he finds himself both suspected by the authorities and in danger from nameless sources. There are echoes of Grisham here, but when Andrews throws off his influences, he shows that he can really let rip with a fresh and invigorating piece, garnished with some notably nasty villains. --Barry Forshaw

Review:

A fast-paced political thriller in the vein of The Pelican Brief (MICHAEL DOUGLAS)

A compelling page-turner (PHILLIP M MARGOLIN)

Pure reading entertainment as good as you'll ever find (CLIVE CUSSLER)

Thriller readers are a difficult group to seduce: they've read all the key titles (and their numerous progeny) and are quick to recognise over-familiar material. So when a new premise appears, it's a cause for celebration. Andrew s' publishers must have (Barry Forshaw, AMAZON.CO.UK REVIEW)

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0345423461
• ISBN 13: 9780345423467
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 435