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Loading... The Kill Artist (original 2000; edition 2004)by Daniel Silva
Work InformationThe Kill Artist by Daniel Silva (2000)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Silva writes well enough though rather inconsistently. The plot was a bit too much of an Israeli - Palestinian trope, though certainly presents the back history of the traditional occupants of Palestine over the millennia. This is a political situation that overwhelmed the story to a greater extent than needed. The final twist was not very satisfying and as other reviews have stated, the ending was rushed. Unlikely to read another in the Allon series. ( ) Gabriel Allon is a reclusive high-end art restorer living in Cornwall. He's also a retired assassin for the Israeli counterintelligence security division. When an Israeli diplomat and his wife are killed in Paris, the division chief seeks Gabriel out for one more mission. Jacqueline Delacroix, née Sarah Halévy, is a beautiful French model, who does occasional work for The Office. She and Gabriel had worked on a job in the past, and he calls on her to help him once again. Together they seek to take down a deadly Palestinian terrorist. I wanted to like this espionage tale more than I did. At first I was turned off by the descriptions of women only by their physical characteristics. Yes, women have breasts. Then it seemed to be setting up the only good Palestinian is a dead Palestinian, who is inevitably a terrorist, trope. As the book progressed, it did get into the Nakba or Catastrophe and a slightly more complex picture of the situation, but not enough to satisfy this reader. no reviews | add a review
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Other Woman comes the first novel in the thrilling series featuring legendary assassin Gabriel Allon. Immersed in the quiet, meticulous life of an art restorer, former Israeli intelligence operative Gabriel Allon keeps his past well behind him. But now he is being called back into the game--and teamed with an agent who hides behind her own mask...as a beautiful fashion model. Their target: a cunning terrorist on one last killing spree, a Palestinian zealot who played a dark part in Gabriel's past. And what begins as a manhunt turns into a globe-spanning duel fueled by both political intrigue and deep personal passions... No library descriptions found. |
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