Martin Booth
Birth date: September 07, 1944
Died: February 12, 2004
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This book contains some interesting information and provides a broad and in-depth historical look at its topic. However, it’s a bit dull, rations its commas much too severely, has a tendency to overgeneralize, and its racial characterizations and blind spots are troubling. And by virtue of being pub...
Slow, pensive, contemplative look at a secretive maker of custom guns for assassinations. Hiding away in a mountain village in Italy, trying to both stay secret but live life fully. You can taste the crisp mountain air, savor the red wine the very private gentleman drinks with the local priest....hi...
I suppose I'm a little old to be reading such simple stories now, hence the low rating but would recommend for children definately.
Anyone who has seen The American with George Clooney will not recognize this book. The opposite is also true. They are very different. The book is literate; the movie is entertaining (unless you like car crashes and piles of bodies dripping gore in which case you will be bored -- I was not.)...
I was inspired to read this novel after recently seeing a trailer for the film "The American," starring Mr. George Clooney. I was immediately irked by the title change. Let me quote briefly from the book: "I do not claim to be either English or French, German, Swiss, American, Canadian, South Afric...
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