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Alex Lemon: IMG Everyone Called Me "Happy"



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    Happy: A Memoir

    Alex Lemon

Glass Tiger (Otto Penzler Book)

by Joe Gores

Glass Tiger (Otto Penzler Book) Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

In this fast-paced thriller, ex-Ranger Brendan Thorne is tapped by the FBI to stop a legendary Vietnam sniper from killing the recently elected president of the United States.

Review:

"Edgar-winner Gores (Cases) will satisfy action junkies with this fast-paced, suspenseful stand-alone, though not everyone will find suspending disbelief an easy matter. The impending inauguration of near-future U.S. President Gustave Wallberg is clouded by a threat from a man previously thought dead, Hal Corwin. According to the administration, Corwin, a Vietnam veteran and expert marksman, brutally murdered his own daughter, and Wallberg's closest advisers decide that their best chance of thwarting an assassination attempt is to find Corwin's benevolent doppelgnger in the person of Brendan Thorne, a younger man with similar skills. Despite some flimsy plotting (e.g., wounded characters are assumed dead by their adversaries), Gores artfully shifts perspective between the hunter and the hunted as the alleged assassin moves closer to his target and Thorne finds he can't trust his closest allies." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

Product Details

ISBN:
9780151011216
Author:
Gores, Joe
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Author:
Gores, Joe
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Thrillers
Subject:
Presidents
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:
Political fiction
Subject:
Suspense fiction
Copyright:
Series:
Otto Penzler Book
Publication Date:
October 2006
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
304
Dimensions:
9.08x6.32x1.14 in. 1.27 lbs.

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