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Veteran bestselling author Leon Uris (Exodus, Trinity) stays true to form with A God in Ruins, delivering yet another vast and vigorous novel about politics and history, right and wrong, love and loss. This time his country of choice is the United States, on the eve of the 2008 presidential election.

The incumbent, Thornton Tomtree, is running against the Catholic governor of Colorado, Quinn Patrick O'Connell. Thornton, who grew up playing in his daddy's Providence junkyard, made billions on a computer invention before becoming president. Brainy, calculating, and stiff, he lacks both charm and scruples--qualities that the honest and open Quinn, an ex-Marine, has in spades. Though set in 2008, A God in Ruins has its roots firmly in the past. In order to flesh out his characters, Uris casts his net all the way back to World War II, highlighting some of the more dramatic moments in Thornton and Quinn's lives as they move inexorably from youth towards a run for the White House. In the process, Uris takes up some of the attention-grabbing political issues in America from the second half of the 20th century: gun control, terrorist attacks, and Clinton's sex scandals.

Uris can always be counted on to inject the political with the personal, and Quinn is the perfect vehicle for this when his presidential bid is threatened at the eleventh hour by potentially damning information about his past. A lively supporting cast of characters--from Quinn's delicious wife Rita to Thornton's conflicted right-hand man Darnell--adds spark to this emotional story. At one point, when the campaign has reached a fever pitch, Thornton says about Quinn, "Our jingle-jangle rope-a-dope cowboy is going to be a handful." So is Uris's engaging book, which positively spills over with simple heroism and hot-button political issues. --Katherine Anderson -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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Is America ready for a Jewish president? The question arises when a candidate in the 2008 election, the adoptee of an Irish Catholic couple, learns that his biological parents were Jewish. Whatever Quinn O'Connell decides to do hangs fire while flashbacks narrate his life. When his father returns from the Battle of Saipan, he and his wife buy a Colorado ranch, Troublesome Mesa, which plays out its cutesy name. Reconciling themselves to their inability to conceive, the O'Connells enlist wife Siobhan's connections to the Catholic clergy and thus arrives baby Quinn. Now what, Uris might have asked himself. Rummaging in the prop-shop, he pulls out a father-son conflict, a couple of girlfriends for Quinn, then a hitch in the marines. The latter device spawns one of several aimless episodes in the novel: a marine antiterrorist raid on an Iranian target. Unconnected to any genuine plot, the raid fades to black as Quinn returns to Colorado, inherits Troublesome Mesa, confronts a friend who had cuckolded him, and starts a political career. Meanwhile back, not at the ranch, but in Rhode Island, Thornton Tomtree, son of a junk dealer, has parlayed his electronics business into the presidency, an ascent whose details flit in between O'Connell's memories of his life. Whatever interest is leveraged by the possibility of the cynical Tomtree playing the Jewish-origin card to win reelection, quite a few of Uris' bankably big readership will be puzzled as this novel coasts through disconnected story lines (including a clunky anti-NRA satire) in search of a theme. Gilbert Taylor -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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Shooter 21. Juli 2000

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Very disappointing. The book turned ridiculously political about halfway through and insultingly oversimplified some of the most complex issues of the last decade.

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Bad writing 17. Juli 2000

Von Ms. Noel Hefty

I was extremely disappointed in this book. Being a big fan of Leon Uris, I expected much more. The characters were so stereotypical, I laughed in disgust. The simplifications of complicated political ideas were equally annonying. No more Leon Uris for me.

Worst novel I've read in years 12. Juli 2000

Von Charles Vail

Like others who have reviewed this book, I expected much more from Mr. Uris, and I'm terribly disappointed that any editor could even find the nerve to publish such a work! I have read dozens of books like this, and I must unfortunately admit that this is the worst one I've ever read. Not only is the plot of the book lame and boring, but his usage of the English language is an embarrassment. I have told all my friends to avoid reading this book. Amazon won't allow me to rate this book with less than 1 star, but if I could, I'd give it a minus!

Did Leon Uris Really Write this Book?

Unfortunately, I was gravely disappointed by this book. I have read just about all of Leon Uris' fiction and looked forward to another fascinating piece of good historical... Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 23. Juni 2000 von Pamela V. Gutman

TAKE IT OFF THE SHELVES - LET HIM SAVE SOME FACE

I also thought that maybe my tastes had become more sophisticated since reading Exodus and Mr. Uris's other works, which I loved. Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 14. April 2000 ver�ffentlicht

A Major Disappointment

The worst thing about reading Leon Uris's "A God in Ruins" is that an astute reader knows that Uris is capable much better work. Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 13. April 2000 von David M Thompson

Saving Slick Willy

I've been an admirer of Uris from the time I read Battle Cry while I was in the Marines. This latest book is a far cry from Battle Cry. Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 5. April 2000 ver�ffentlicht

THE BOOK WAS RUINED NOT THE GOD.

THE FIRST TWO THIRDS OF THIS BOOK DEALING MAINLY WITH POLITICAL MACHINATIONS WAS WELL DONE AND CAREFULLY MANIPULATED. Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 5. April 2000 von J.H.U. BROWN

Maybe I Remember "Exodus" through Rose-Colored Glasses

As a teen, I was captivated by "Exodus' and devoured "Mila 18" and a few other Uris novels in a matter of days. Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 24. M�rz 2000 von "liss-levinson"

Who wrote this book?

I also wish I'd read the reviews before reading this book. Leon Uris has written some of my favorite books. I now question if I was misled in my opinion of his skills. Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 22. M�rz 2000 ver�ffentlicht

Captive Audience

What do you do when you've struggled through one-third of A God in Ruins, are one half way across the Atlantic at 39,000 feet, and have nothing else to read? Lesen Sie weiter...

Am 5. M�rz 2000 ver�ffentlicht

Feel betrayed

Name of Leon Uris will be always associated in my mind with Exodus - it was the first one I read and will always be my favorite -read it first in Russian translation in the... Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 1. M�rz 2000 von Mikhail Kalman

A Huge Disappontment

Uris has been one of my favorite authors until this book. Be warned, this is nothing more than an anti-gun screed (combined with a laughable martyring of the Clinton... Lesen Sie weiter...

Ver�ffentlicht am 28. Februar 2000 von G. S. Fearns

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