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chicjohn | Dec 3, 2009 |

I thought this book would never end. Yes it's well written and kept me turning pages but the story ran out of steam. The ending is wholly unsatisfying.Oh, and outside of a character named Jason Bourne, the book has absolutely nothing to do with the film. (

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jwcooper3 | Nov 15, 2009 |

I read this as a younger kid (I loved reading the same books my dad did); I remember enjoying the book but definitely need to go back and read it again. (

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yrthegood1staken | Sep 16, 2008 |

I should have stopped with the first Bourne book, which was good. I really should have stopped with the second, which wasn't. But no, I read the third... (

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TadAD | Jul 9, 2008 |

I thought this book would never end and once it did get there I was disappointed in the conclusion. Way over the top. (

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jwcooper3 | Apr 1, 2008 |

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Series (with order)

Bourne (3)

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Original publication date

1990

People/Characters

Jason Bourne

David Webb (Jason Bourne)

Alexander "Alex" Conklin

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Related movies

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007 | tt0440963)

Awards and honors

New York Times bestseller (Fiction, 1990)

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Dedication

For Bobbi and Leonard Raichert, two lovely people who have enriched our lives - Our Thanks

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Darkness had descended on Manassas, Virginia, the countryside alive with nocturnal undercurrents, as Bourne crept through the woods bordering the estate of General Norman Swayne.

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The world's two deadliest spies in the ultimate showdown. At a small-town carnival two men, each mysteriously summoned by telegram, witness a bizarre killing. The telegrams are signed Jason Bourne. Only they know Bourne's true identity and understand the telegram is really a message from Bourne's mortal enemy, Carlos, known also as the Jackal, the world's deadliest and most elusive terrorist. And furthermore, they know that the Jackal wants: a final confrontation with Bourne. Now David Webb, professor of Oriental studies, husband, and father, must do what he hoped he would never have to do again—assume the terrible identity of Jason Bourne. His plan is simple: to infiltrate the politically and economically Medusan group and use himself as bait to lure the cunning Jackal into a deadly trap—a trap from which only one of them will escape.

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