This edition of the "New York Times" bestseller--a heartwarming tale of humor, romance, and mystery by the bestselling author of "Split Second"--includes the brand-new short story, "Waiting for Santa." "Baldacci whips up a pleasant holiday confection."--"People."
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Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington to LA in time for Christmas. Forced to take the train across the country because of a slight 'misunderstanding' at airport security, he begins a journey of self-discovery and rude awakenings, mysterious goings-on and thrilling adventures, screwball escapades and holiday magic. He has no idea that the locomotives pulling him across America will actually take him into the rugged terrain of his own heart, where he will rediscover people's essential goodness and someone very special he believed he had lost. In equal parts hilarious, poignant, suspenseful and thrilling, "The Christmas Train" is a delightful journey filled with memorable characters who have packed their bags with as much wisdom as mischief...Part detective story, part disaster movie, part romance, this is a brilliant, heart-warming holiday tale.
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David Baldacci is the nine-time New York Times best-selling author of ABSOLUTE POWER, TOTAL CONTROL, THE WINNER, THE SIMPLE TRUTH, SAVING FAITH, WISH YOU WELL, LAST MAN STANDING, THE CHRISTMAS TRAIN and SPLIT SECOND. He lives in Virginia with his wife and two children.
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Baldacci is a very gifted thriller author, but his non-thrillers are even better!
4. Januar 2010
Von Kurt Keller
Format:Taschenbuch
I have read several of David Baldacci's books and he is a very gifted thriller author. But he really excels and outshines himself when he's writing a non-thriller. This is the second non-thriller by Baldacci which I read and just as "The Wishing Well", it is simply superb.
In the book, Tom Langdon, a journalist, travels by train from Washington D.C to Los Angeles during Christmas season. To do so, he has to take the Capitol Limited from Washington D.C. to Chicago, and from there the Southwest Chief to LA. Even though it is one single story, when Langdon changes the train, the flow of the story also changes.
In the first part Baldacci plays a lot with language and expressions in a pleasant way. And he does a terrific job of capturing the atmosphere of such a multi-day train ride. I can't speak for American railroad travel, but I have myself done a fair bit of longhaul travel by train in Europe and Asia, among others also along one of the venerable Trans-Siberian routes. And the way this journey is described by the author, it caused me to remember my own journeys and often I had to say "Yes, this is exactly the way it is on the train."
The second part of the book is then more kept on the exciting side with action and unexpected happenings.
Even though it is a fabulous book, I do have a small complaint: do yourself a favour and read only the first paragraph of the last chapter (about one page) and just skip the last four pages. They are fine, but the story is simply nicer without them.
In the book, Tom Langdon, a journalist, travels by train from Washington D.C to Los Angeles during Christmas season. To do so, he has to take the Capitol Limited from Washington D.C. to Chicago, and from there the Southwest Chief to LA. Even though it is one single story, when Langdon changes the train, the flow of the story also changes.
In the first part Baldacci plays a lot with language and expressions in a pleasant way. And he does a terrific job of capturing the atmosphere of such a multi-day train ride. I can't speak for American railroad travel, but I have myself done a fair bit of longhaul travel by train in Europe and Asia, among others also along one of the venerable Trans-Siberian routes. And the way this journey is described by the author, it caused me to remember my own journeys and often I had to say "Yes, this is exactly the way it is on the train."
The second part of the book is then more kept on the exciting side with action and unexpected happenings.
Even though it is a fabulous book, I do have a small complaint: do yourself a favour and read only the first paragraph of the last chapter (about one page) and just skip the last four pages. They are fine, but the story is simply nicer without them.
Von A. Mclarren
Format:Taschenbuch
Unterhaltsame Weihnachtslektüre, für alle Eisenbahnfans und für die, die and die Liebe glauben oder sich einfach ein bißchen verzaubern lassen wollen. Die manchmal etwas langatmig scheinenden Beschreibungen von Mitreisenden und Begebenheiten fügen sich erst ganz zum Schluss zu einem großen Puzzlebild zusammen. Man muss wirklich bis zur letzten Seite lesen, denn die anscheinend so typische Liebesgeschichte mit vorhersehbarem Happyend bekommt am Ende ein paar interessante, völlig unerwartete Wendungen.
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Von N. Katzwinkel
Format:Taschenbuch
Baldacci's Christmas novel is one of the books I have intended to read for years. Now I have finished it, and must say that it is one of the most boring books I have ever read.
Baldacci is not capable of evoking a Christmas feeling at all because his description of the landscape is so averaged that you only have a vague picture of snow in your mind. It gets a bit dramatic by the last quarter of the book, but nontheless it is not anything that really entertains you.The dialogues seemed pretentious to me from the beginning, they are not genuine but imitated, as well as the characters. The course of the story seems predictable as everything is so over-romantic that makes you want to stop reading, but the end tops it all with its incredibility. I do not want to reveal anything, but anyway, if you want to get a Christmas feeling I'd reccommend you to read something else.
Baldacci is not capable of evoking a Christmas feeling at all because his description of the landscape is so averaged that you only have a vague picture of snow in your mind. It gets a bit dramatic by the last quarter of the book, but nontheless it is not anything that really entertains you.The dialogues seemed pretentious to me from the beginning, they are not genuine but imitated, as well as the characters. The course of the story seems predictable as everything is so over-romantic that makes you want to stop reading, but the end tops it all with its incredibility. I do not want to reveal anything, but anyway, if you want to get a Christmas feeling I'd reccommend you to read something else.
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