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The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
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The Bourne Identity (original 1980; edition 2010)

by Robert Ludlum (Author)

Series: Jason Bourne (01)

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Fiction. Literature. Thriller. HTML:#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
 
His memory is a blank. His bullet-ridden body was fished from the Mediterranean Sea. His face has been altered by plastic surgery. A frame of microfilm has been surgically implanted in his hip. Even his name is a mystery. Marked for death, he is racing for survival through a bizarre world of murderous conspiratorsâ??led by Carlos, the worldâ??s most dangerous assassin. Who is Jason Bourne? The answer may kill him.

BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Supremacy… (more)
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Entertaining and action-packed spy thriller. The story is quite good. The writing perhaps was a bit disjointed. It worked well for me because the point-of-view character was suffering from amnesia and other psychological consequences of his brutal past, and the disjointed narrative made sense, but I have the suspicion that Ludlum is not a very good writer and in other books his style may not work so well. ( )
  jcm790 | May 26, 2024 |
Great book but a completely different story from the movie. Slightly disappointed with the ending. ( )
  Barlycorn | Feb 11, 2024 |
Good
  Dermot_Butler | Nov 8, 2023 |
Well-written, gripping thriller, though ending was disappointing ( )
  zot79 | Aug 20, 2023 |
Favorite sentence: "The old man nodded the way old men do when repeating words that have stunned them to the point of disbelief." ( )
  proustbot | Jun 19, 2023 |
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Roman po kome je snimljen i cuveni istoimeni film sa Mat Dejmonom u glavnoj ulozi. Džejson Born je covek koji nema prošlost, a moguce je da nece imati ni buducnost. Jedino cega je svestan jeste da ga je Mediteransko more izbacilo na obalu i da mu je telo izrešetano. Polako ce shvatiti da se nalazi u zamršenoj slagalici iz koje nece moci da pobegne kao ni od svoje prošlosti. I niko ne može da mu pomogne, niko osim žene koja je nekada želela da pobegne od njega.
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Ludlum, Robert—primary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brick, ScottNarratormain authorsome editionsconfirmed
Nagel, HeinzAutorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Schütz, NeleCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Virtanen, AnttiTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Canonical title
The Bourne Identity
Original title
The Bourne Identity
Alternative titles
Het Bourne Bedrog
Bourne'i identiteet = The Bourne Identity
Der Borowski-Betrug (German)
Original publication date
1980
People/Characters
Jason Bourne
Marie St. Jacques
Ilich Ramirez Sanchez
Cain
Dr. Geoffrey Washburn
Important places
Treadstone Seventy-One
Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Mediterranean Sea
Paris, ÃŽle-de-France, France
Important events
Related movies
The Bourne Identity (2002 | IMDb)
The Bourne Identity (1988 | IMDb)
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Dedication
For Glynis
A very special light we all adore.
With love and deep respect.
First words
The New York Times, Friday, July 11, 1975, FRONT PAGE

DIPLOMATS SAID TO BE LINKED WITH FUGITIVE TERRORIST KNOWN AS CARLOS.

France expelled three high-ranking Cuban diplomats in connection with the worldwide search for the man called Carlos, who is believed to be an important link in an international terrorist network. (Preface)
The trawler plunged into the angry swells of the dark, furious sea like an awkward animal trying desperately to break out of an impenetrable swamp.
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Published in German as "Der Borowski-Betrug"; not to be confused with "Der Bourne Betrug" which is the German title for "Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Betrayal" by Eric Van Lustbader.
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Fiction. Literature. Thriller. HTML:#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
 
His memory is a blank. His bullet-ridden body was fished from the Mediterranean Sea. His face has been altered by plastic surgery. A frame of microfilm has been surgically implanted in his hip. Even his name is a mystery. Marked for death, he is racing for survival through a bizarre world of murderous conspiratorsâ??led by Carlos, the worldâ??s most dangerous assassin. Who is Jason Bourne? The answer may kill him.

BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Supremacy
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813.54Literature › English (North America) › American fiction › 20th Century › 1945-1999

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PZ4.L9455Language and Literature › Fiction and juvenile belles lettres › Fiction and juvenile belles lettres › Fiction in English

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