I, Sniper - Softcover

Hunter, Stephen

4.12

8,693 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847377777 ISBN 13: 9781847377777

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2009

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A fast-paced, highly-charged thriller featuring former Marine Corps sniper, Bob Lee Swagger

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Review:

."..Hunter is back at the top of his game."--"Publishers Weekly", starred review

"It's a troubling moral position, of course, the idea of the sniper as a man of courage, and Hunter makes the most of it, demanding that the reader rethink common cultural assumptions about good and evil. Those philosophical underpinnings give the narrative depth, but finally, as all Bob Lee fans know, it comes down to 'straight killing time.' And so it does, in a ramped-up, high-tech High Noon finale that will leave even unsympathetic readers gasping. As always, Hunter makes it work with precise, detail-rich prose that strips the faux glamour from gun fighting and leaves only the skills of the combatants set against the horrors they wreak."--Bill Ott, "Booklist", starred review

"In his guns-a-poppin' latest, Hunter pits his series hero against a nest of sharp-shooting vipers. [D]ust off the OK Corral. Even the somewhat squeamish, and even certifiable gun-dummies, may once again find chivalric, heroic Bob Lee just about irresistible."--"Kirkus Reviews"

"Hunter's thrillers are always taut, exciting, and well written, and his latest is no exception. There's also a lot of gun and tech talk as Swagger uses decades' worth of skills to stay a step or three ahead of the baddies. Swagger fans will not be disappointed."--Robert Conroy, "Library Journal"

"Stephen Hunter's "I, Sniper "brings back one of the great characters in modern thrillerdom, Bob Lee Swagger, everyone's favorite lethal, dour Southerner. I kind of want Swagger to meet up with Lee Child's Jack Reacher one day, in a contest to see who could say the least while doing the most damage."--Malcolm Gladwell

About the Author:

Chief film critic at the Washington Post, where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize, Stephen Hunter is the author of fourteen bestselling thrillers, including The 47th Samurai, Time to Hunt, Black Light, Point of Impact, Havana and Hot Springs. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

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