Tom Gabbay
Autor de The Berlin Conspiracy
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: Photo by Susan Schulman
Series
Obras de Tom Gabbay
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1953-04-01
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
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A prequel to Gabbay's THE BERLIN CONSPIRACY, this is a terrific WWII-era thriller. One head-scratching plot point is the only flaw in this engaging read, which is very much like CASABLANCA set in Lisbon. In fact, where CASABLANCA is concerned, a number of subtle homages lead to one blatant one in the story's final pages. Lots of fun. If you're the type who'll never get your fill of Ilsa and Rick, you owe it to yourself to read this one.
Nice try. The plot works hard playing the historical friendship of England's self-exiled ex-King and his maybe-buddy Hitler. (Remember, many home-grown Brit fascists dilly-dallied in the aristocracy) Characters: a too predictable Bernie Gunther/Phil Marlow lead, a Lili-Marlene Dietrich play-partner, a Prince of Wales two-stepper, and your basic, Nazi, SS, Gestapo badguy. Gabbay's writing covers its bases but nothing more. For example from page 1: "Tinseltown wasn't all it was cracked up to be, not by a long shot but it had given me a good run for my money..." Sounds like Gabbay copied the '30s detective mag's language all too well. Along with their gradeschool morality. I prefer my thrillers to have some sophistication--more Graham Green for me, less pulp fiction.
I like the idea; it could have been a champ of a book.… (más)
I like the idea; it could have been a champ of a book.… (más)
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kerns222 | 4 reseñas más. | Aug 24, 2016 |
kerns222 | 4 reseñas más. | Aug 24, 2016 | 
Despite two-dimensional characters and some incidents that strained credulity, it kept me turning the pages.
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- 4
- Miembros
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- Popularidad
- #76,934
- Valoración
- 3.5
- Reseñas
- 23
- ISBNs
- 19
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The frank portrayal of the Windsors is refreshing, especially that of Mrs. Simpson. It's slightly heavy-handed with their Nazi sympathies, but is likely accurate.