January 31, 2008 – Books-Espionage and the Press!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jan.31, 2009, under Books, What's New?
I’ve always stayed away from books about espionage. From Glenn Beck often hyping them and my coming across a few for 50 cents each, had me picking a few up. After reading so many non-fiction books about Orlando I was ready for any fiction and started with Vince Flynn’s ‘Intent to Kill’. The worse part about this book was that I figured out the ending, even the twists, within the first few pages of the book. The best part is the depth and exciting action of the 700 page thriller.
I went next to a recent purchase that I thought was about the newspaper business circa 1957. Instead it is a book about a National Enquirer type publication. The shocking part was the intense language and scenes typical of todays fiction.
After ‘The Yellow Press’, I was wanting more Vince Flynn, so I went to the second Flynn book I had picked up. This one was exciting also. Full of over-achieving Muslim terrorists. The way Flynn writes the terrorists as a bundle of happless types where everything goes their way to a point is the way I feel the terrorists were that pulled off September 11th. Flynn really well defines how their blind faith propels them to their own doom. If you are something other than a Muslim and want to understand how one can go off track and get into the terrorist mindset, Flynn’s book really unfolds this without demeaning the Muslim faith itself.
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February 6th, 2009 on 1:55 am
I normally don’t like books about espionage, except for one… “Deadly Exchange,” by Geoffrey M. Gluckman. Seriously, ‘Deadly Exchange has it all—action, romance, conspiracy, technology. I loved it!
I haven’t ever read any of Vince Flynn’s books- I will have to check them out. Thanks for the tip.