The Lion's Game: Amazon.de: Nelson DeMille: Englische Bücher

Taschenbuch: 944 Seiten
Verlag: Grand Central Publishing; Auflage: Reprint (1. November 2000)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0446608262
ISBN-13: 978-0446608268
Gr��e und/oder Gewicht: 10,8 x 3,8 x 17,1 cm

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Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 18.840 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)

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John Corey and Asad Khalil have both lived hard-knock lives. As revealed in the monster best-seller Plum Island, the gruff, wisecracking NYPD homicide cop Corey stopped a hail of bullets-- but he couldn't stop his wife from walking out on him. Asad, raised under Moammar Gadhafi's eye after his dad's murder, lost his surviving family in the 1986 bombing of Libya. He's heard the nasty rumours about his mom and the Colonel, but he aims his rage at the infidels. The boy's got such a gift for terrorism, he's earned the nickname "the Lion", and Boris, his vodka-sozzled, sex-addicted émigré mentor, knows precisely how to conduct a murder tour of America one step ahead of the police, the FBI, the CIA and the ATTF (Anti-Terrorist Task Force), which combines members of all three. A pity Boris must die, but hey, he's an infidel too.

Asad pretends to defect, handcuffed to agents aboard a 747 bound for JFK, and he proves to be a worse seat mate than a siding salesman. Corey and his ATTF colleagues (most conspicuously the FBI's sexy Kate Mayfield, Corey's match in badinage and bad-guy busting) strive to halt Asad's methodical yet unpredictable blood bath. Skilfully, DeMille alternates chapters told from Asad's and Corey's points of view. DeMille did his authenticity homework. When we're not savouring his gift for wiseacre dialogue in the Corey/Kate chapters, we're sweating alongside Asad on his ghastly, ingenious jihad.

The New York Times put DeMille's social satire on a par with Edith Wharton's, and he's great on the colliding folkways of the feuding, mutually double-crossing crime-buster institutions. Naturally, he's on the side of the regular-guy flatfoots. "Cops sit on their asses and flip through their folders", he writes. "Feds sit on their derrieres and peruse their dossiers." And the CIA gets it in the shorts, satirically speaking. One deplores the mass murderers, but the book's real bad guys wear the priciest suits.

DeMille reportedly has a quarter-billion-dollar book contract. With fast, funny, absorbing thrillers like The Lion's Game, he's earned it. --Tim Appelo -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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John Corey and Asad Khalil have both lived hard-knock lives. As revealed in Nelson DeMille's monster bestseller Plum Island, the gruff, wisecracking NYPD homicide cop Corey stopped a hail of bullets--but he couldn't stop his wife from walking out on him. Asad, raised under Muammar Qaddafi's eye after his dad's murder, lost his surviving family in the 1986 bombing of Libya. He's heard the nasty rumors about his mom and the colonel, but he aims his rage at the infidels. The boy's got such a gift for terrorism he's earned the nickname "the Lion," and Boris, his vodka-sozzled, sex-addicted émigré mentor, knows precisely how to conduct a murder tour of America one step ahead of the police, the FBI, the CIA, and the ATTF (Anti-Terrorist Task Force), which combines members of all three. A pity Boris must die, but hey, he's an infidel too.

Asad pretends to defect, handcuffed to agents aboard a 747 bound for JFK, and he proves to be a worse seatmate than a siding salesman. Corey and his ATTF colleagues (most conspicuously the FBI's sexy Kate Mayfield, Corey's match in badinage and bad-guy busting) strive to halt Asad's methodical yet unpredictable bloodbath. Skillfully, DeMille alternates chapters told from Asad's and Corey's points of view. DeMille did his authenticity homework: when we're not savoring his gift for wiseacre dialogue in the Corey-Kate chapters, we're sweating alongside Asad on his ghastly, ingenious jihad.

The New York Times put DeMille's social satire on a par with Edith Wharton's, and he's great on the colliding folkways of the feuding, mutually doublecrossing crimebuster institutions. Naturally, he's on the side of the regular-guy flatfoots. "Cops sit on their asses and flip through their folders," he writes. "Feds sit on their derrieres and peruse their dossiers." And the CIA gets it in the shorts, satirically speaking. One deplores the mass murderers, but the book's real bad guys wear the priciest suits.

DeMille reportedly has a $25 million book contract. With fast, funny, absorbing thrillers like The Lion's Game, he's earned it. --Tim Appelo -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .

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This Lion roars! 5. Februar 2000

Von Aaron Steel

Format:Gebundene Ausgabe

Ever since reading Plum Island, I have been eagerly awaiting a sequel. And now that it has come, I am not disapointed. Demile is a fantastic writer and the Lions Game is a great example of his skill at creating absorbing plots, interesting characters, and fast, exciting pace. I also love his ability to incorporate humor into his books. John Corey is hilarious at times. The wit and satire in the book is great. At 600+ pages though, the book is somewhat bloated and it could have been cut down quite a bit without sacrificing anything important. Nonetheless, as far as thrillers go, this one definitely qualifies in the "page turner category". Highly recommended.

One final thing worth mentioning is that with the end seemingly setting up a sequel, I was disapointed to learn that Demille has no intention of bringing John Corey back again. However on the positive side his next book will bring back Paul Brenner from the Generals Daughter, so that is something to look forward to.

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One of DeMille's better books 21. Januar 2000

Von Don Ellis

Nelson DeMille has written good books -- The Charm School, Word of Honor, The General's Daughter, maybe The Gold Coast -- and bad books -- Spencerville, By the Rivers of Babylon and Plum Island, which was plum awful. So I wavered a bit before buying...then they announced boarding and I bought it.

It took me 100 pages to get over the fact that this book featured John Corey from Plum Island, but once I finally put that out of my mind, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. You've got to like banter to like this book, but the dialogue was fast and clever. I thought the plot was good and I didn't have the same problems with the ending that other readers had. Under the circumstances and considering the skill of the terrorist Asad Kahlil, it was one of several plausible endings. The nearly 700-page journey was very enjoyable and I would put this in the top three of DeMille's books -- his best being The Charm School and I'll let everyone choose their own number two.

For me, DeMille is a hit-or-miss author. This one hits.

Meet Mr. Corey again 8. Juli 2003

Von "petrivaataja"

Format:Taschenbuch

it was great to meet the street smart John Corey again. I love the sarcastic tone of his jokes and there are plenty of them. Nevertheless, the ending is almost a flop and leaves you rather empty handed after reading the whole book. This book is worth reading, but doesn't reach the level of Plum Island or Up Country.