Angelmaker
Nick Harkaway,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on 03-20-2012
Nick Harkaway,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on 03-20-2012
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780307595959
Publish date: 20-03-2012
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Edition language: English
I tried. I really tried. I had less than 70 pages to go, but after reading the last line of chapter 15, I had to quit. It's really bad. The protagonist in this is just so boring and I could care less what happens to him and his too-good-to-be-true girlfriend. His whole thing about not wanting to...
This could have been called A Chip Off the Old Block since the author is the son of John Le Carré. And a tip of the hat to Nick Harkaway for not using that to gain publicity.The acorn does not fall far from the tree as they say so you might think this is all about spies, but this is one of those n...
I really truly wanted to give this book a better rating and I'm sure (judging from the rave reviews) that this book is going to be perfect for those readers who are lovers of this particular brand of steampunky/fantasy/London-noir fiction. But I'm not and without that enthusiasm to buoy me, the faul...