Reissue of the tense tale of a deadly terrorist plot set Holland, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. AMSTERDAM AIRPORT HAS DISAPPEARED BLACKMAIL The mass of water in its place is the work of the FFF - an Irish terrorist group who want to force Britain's hand. SUBTERFUGE The Dutch call in Detective Lieutenant van Effen - feared interrogator and undercover intimate of the criminal Krakers gang - to sabotage the FFF's plan. DISASTER If van Effen fails and the FFF get control of the vital dyke, either Holland will sink beneath the sea or Britain will be awash with blood.
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Amsterdam Airport - the best in Europe - had disappeared. The wall of water was the work of FFF - an Irish terrorist group who want to force Britain's hand.
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Amsterdam Airport - the best in Europe - is flooded. Some planes are still floating aimlessly around. Some have sunk out of sight their tail-planes sticking up above the water, scattered at random over a large area of the airfield. The wall of water was the work of the terrorist movement FFF - an Irish organisation who want to force Britain's hand. Detective Lieutenant van Effen is called in, a feared interrogator and undercover intimate of the criminal Krakers gang to sabotage the FFF plan. If van Effen fails and the FFF get control over the vital dyke, either Holland will sink beneath the sea or Britain will be awash with blood.
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Formulaic MacLean by a tired author.
23. Juli 2000
Von Elsie Wilson
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Formulaic MacLean story. Starts with Amsterdam airoport flooded, as a way of getting the readers' attention, moves to further floods (dikes blasted) in the Netherlands and threats of even more, as a way of drawing attention to the terrorists' demands. The hero is a typical MacLean hero, just a little too good, fluent in languages, explosives, criminal behaiviour, organisation, self-confidence, yet still not the top man in his organisation (the Amsterdam police force); a natural gentleman, concerned for and afraid of his sister. The ladies in the novel are simply the most beautiful available or imaginable; and perfect ladies. The government figures are, except for one, dolts and incapable of understanding a simple statement. The terrorists are, in this case, fighting for a worthy ulitmate cause, though their methods are to be despised and themselves destroyed. Just happens, though, that the leader is a son of an English earl and, in his own way, to be pitied also. It is as though MacLean got tired of writing, towards the end of his career, the original, inventive, and clever plots such as "H.M.S. Ulysses" and "The Guns of Navarone" and instead took the most successful portions of some of his other tales and fit them into a basic plot outline. Sad to say about MacLean, whom i loved at one stage in my life, reading everything i could find of his, but this is nowhere near his peak ability.
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A favorite
13. Dezember 2002
Von Faye
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My brother and I first discovered this book lying around the house years ago, and to this day we still pick it up every now and then, read it from cover to cover, and enjoy it immensely. The plot is interesting, the writing is witty, and the characters are engaging, especially Lieutenant Peter van Effen, with his many talents and his decrepit car, and his rather fuzzy-minded boss, the Chief of Police de Graaf. As another reviewer mentioned, the book ends on a calmer note than one would expect, but it doesn't disappoint. And my brother and I still put it down thoroughly satisfied every time.
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Ingenious plot, very weak execution
17. Dezember 2012
Von danielx
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The plot idea for this work is ingenious, if implausible: a mysterious group of terrorists (the FFF) threatens to destroy The Netherlands' dikes with nuclear weapons unless British troops withdraw from northern Ireland. (Yes, you read that correctly: one country is threatened in order to blackmail another). The FFF consists of an odd collection of figures, including some with ties to organized crime, a fundamentalist preacher, and a surprisingly humane leader with mysterious motives. Detective Lieutenant Peter van Effen and his associates inflitrate the gang to try and stop their efforts. Of course there are a few stunningly attractive women hostages to gaze the men in admiration, and occasionally, offer some help.
Oddly, for a work of this kind, this book has almost no action, and what does happen is reported so matter-of-factly that it raises not a bit of excitement. There is much talk about who is doing what and going to do what, but most of what actually happens is off - screen. The climax of the tale is nothing but a weak fizzle: the bad guys turn out not to be very bad after all, and (with the action once again, off screen), we hear that they have been overpowered, tied up, and handed over to the authorities. It's as if the author had long since lost interest and just wanted to end the book.
"Floodgate" started well, but ultimately it must be ranked as a weak effort from the downhill side of author Alistair MacLean's career. Interestingly, Wikipedia reports that in the Dutch translation, Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport does not get flooded; instead, an uninhabited airplane is destroyed on the runway. Dutch readers will probably appreciate the many cultural referents, although other readers may find the profusion of names (van Effen, van Rees, van de Graaf, van der Kuur) a bit hard to sort out. There are plenty of better works by Mr. MacLean, and new readers should seek them out.
Oddly, for a work of this kind, this book has almost no action, and what does happen is reported so matter-of-factly that it raises not a bit of excitement. There is much talk about who is doing what and going to do what, but most of what actually happens is off - screen. The climax of the tale is nothing but a weak fizzle: the bad guys turn out not to be very bad after all, and (with the action once again, off screen), we hear that they have been overpowered, tied up, and handed over to the authorities. It's as if the author had long since lost interest and just wanted to end the book.
"Floodgate" started well, but ultimately it must be ranked as a weak effort from the downhill side of author Alistair MacLean's career. Interestingly, Wikipedia reports that in the Dutch translation, Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport does not get flooded; instead, an uninhabited airplane is destroyed on the runway. Dutch readers will probably appreciate the many cultural referents, although other readers may find the profusion of names (van Effen, van Rees, van de Graaf, van der Kuur) a bit hard to sort out. There are plenty of better works by Mr. MacLean, and new readers should seek them out.
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