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The Divine Bliss Mission in India is just another money hustle--till its leader begins using his disciples to penetrate the higher U.S. echelons. The Blissful Master, alias whiz-kid Dom, has a nice line in drug-induced bliss for the converted and a sideline in painful death for unbelievers that have lost CURE four Agents. Remo and Chiun hit India, Dom flees, but curvaceous follower Joleen is prepared to embrace a new master--the outraged Chiun. Leaving behind them a trail of blissful dead, show more the three head for home--and more trouble. show lessTags
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I find it interesting how tight a bead '70s conservative men had on con artists, and how the entire conservative movement was subsequently co-opted and corrupted by the most con-artisty swindler of them all in Donald Trump.
Standard Destroyer pleasures, here, with some amusing dialogue, and a propulsive narrative that makes one want to keep reading. The specifics of this particular book faded fairly fast, and the treatment of women and minorities will never not be a problem, I guess, but as these things go, an entertaining (relatively) early entry.
Standard Destroyer pleasures, here, with some amusing dialogue, and a propulsive narrative that makes one want to keep reading. The specifics of this particular book faded fairly fast, and the treatment of women and minorities will never not be a problem, I guess, but as these things go, an entertaining (relatively) early entry.
#367 in our old book database. Not rated.
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201+ Works 7,625 Members
Author Richard Sapir was born in 1936. He graduated from Columbia University. Before creating The Destroyer series with Warren Murphy, he worked as a reporter, editor, and in public relations. He also wrote five novels in which one, The Body, was made into a movie in 2001. He died of a heart attack in 1987. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Warren Murphy was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on September 13, 1933. Before becoming an author, worked in journalism and politics. In 1971, he started the Destroyer series with Richard Sapir. His other novels include Jericho Day, The Red Moon, The Ceiling of Hell, The Sure Thing, and Honor Among Thieves. He has received various awards show more including the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for The Grandmaster and Pigs Get Fat, and a Special Award for Trace. He has also received the Private Eye Writers of America's Shamus Award for The Ceiling of Hell and Another Day, Another Dollar. He also wrote the screenplays for the movies Lethal Weapon 2 and The Eiger Sanction. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Holy Terror
- Original publication date
- 1975
- People/Characters
- Chiun (Master of Sinanju); Harold W. Smith; Remo Williams; Titus Powell; Elton Snowy
- Important places
- Jason, Georgia, USA; Calcutta, India; Roswell, New Mexico, USA
- Epigraph
- Many things are holy, but few of them holy men.
- HOUSE OF SINANJU - First words
- When the Reverend Titus Powell saw the bodies being loaded on ox carts in the outskirts of Calcutta, he asked himself if he were willing to die.
- Quotations
- "Feed this into your computer. The last time Chiun wanted a token, it turned out to be Barbra Streisand. You ready for that?"
- Original language
- English
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Statistics
- Members
- 92
- Popularity
- 341,044
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (2.82)
- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 13
- ASINs
- 3
