The Ghost
by:
Robert Harris (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780091796266 (0091796261)
Publish date: October 30th 2007
Publisher: Hutchinson
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
"The Ghost" is well written. The comments on writing and what it means to be a ghost writer resonate as truthful. The metaphors are a little fanciful sometimes but fit well into the text. Unfortunately, the book disappoints for four reasons: The central premise of the book - the mystery which I ...
(Note: I'm using the true ranking system here--I gave it 2 stars because it was OK. Not great, not terrible--OK.)This is the story of a man who's recruited to "finish" the memoirs of the former British Prime Minister after the previous ghostwriter has died under mysterious circumstances. Needless to...
Sprawnie napisany thriller polityczny, z dość wartką akcją, zgrabnie skonstruowany. Nie jest to dzieło wybitne, przyzwoita powieść na przyzwoitym poziomie bez fajerwerków. W zasadzie to gotowy scenariusz filmowy, z czego skorzystał Roman Polański.
For the most part, this is a story which will draw you in and keep your attention, but I felt that it petered out a bit towards the end.I don't know why there is any discussion amongst readers about whether any parallels can be drawn between this fictional world and real world politics. The basis fo...
Read "The Ghost" by Robert Harris. The novel captured my interest at first for the natural flow it had and then for it's well written suspense and at last, the shockingly bleak picture it paints even after an unexpected climax.The contentment that I felt after finishing the story is something only a...
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