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Skin Deep

by Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir

Series: The Destroyer (49)

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Just as world leaders are flocking to New York to discuss world peace, someone takes off with the U.S. Navy's latest super-weapon--a top secret, atom-armed jet bomber that can escape radar detection. Remo and Chiun launch an investigation, but they're just winging it ... until unexpected turbulence forces them to an uncharted island off the Florida Keys. Then all at once peril is hovering over their heads, in the form of an ex-Nazi with BLITZKRIEG on his mind. His flights of fancy have the free world taxing toward disaster, with Remo and Chiun going along for the ride. Under constant attack, our heroes are flying by the seat of their pants. And this time it looks as if even the secrets of Sinanju won't help them land on their feet!… (more)
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Improved in many ways from other Destroyer novels I've read. The book still posits that joyless acupressure can make a women fall madly in love with one, which is not my experience, certainly, though I suppose I may be telling on myself Ben Shapiro-style.

Nazis as the bad guys is always a workable idea, though I'm beginning to think one of the authors had a bad experience with a Doctor, as along with dictators, they seem to be the most frequent villains. Having Chiun be respectful and friendly with lepers feels weirdly progressive for the '70s?

A lot is made of Jewish heritage, which also feels very '70s, that idea there is a higher loyalty to religion than country. In the catalog of racist sins from this book series, that's an awfully brief entry. ( )
  danieljensen | Oct 14, 2022 |
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Just as world leaders are flocking to New York to discuss world peace, someone takes off with the U.S. Navy's latest super-weapon--a top secret, atom-armed jet bomber that can escape radar detection. Remo and Chiun launch an investigation, but they're just winging it ... until unexpected turbulence forces them to an uncharted island off the Florida Keys. Then all at once peril is hovering over their heads, in the form of an ex-Nazi with BLITZKRIEG on his mind. His flights of fancy have the free world taxing toward disaster, with Remo and Chiun going along for the ride. Under constant attack, our heroes are flying by the seat of their pants. And this time it looks as if even the secrets of Sinanju won't help them land on their feet!

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