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The stage is set for murder, mayhem and deafening music. But the music isn't loud enough to drown out the shots aimed at the gorgeous redhead on stage. Not that anybody is paying much attention, not in the screaming chaos of the world's biggest rock festival ever. Remo and Chiun must protect the redhead at all costs.Tags
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Thirteenth in the Destroyer series.
This one was pretty good. A young, oblivious woman comes forward to give Congressional testimony against her extremely wealthy businessman father, but she has to survive until then. Her father sends out a number of assassins against her, including two very fun Swedish brothers living in Africa who are the last heirs of an ancient rival assassin house. Remo and Chiun play the role of bodyguards for the young woman. I wish that she and her father had been developed a bit more; while she is the centerpiece of the plot, she's mostly a vapid cypher. Maybe that's the point -- there *is* nothing more to her personality. This was a send-up of Woodstock, the early '70s concert scene, and shock rock bands, so it show more had lots of amusing parodies of the counter-culture. While the plot revolved around an "acid rock" band, the band ("Maggot and the Dead Meat Lice") are reminiscent of some contemporary shock rockers (Marilyn Manson comes to mind), so many of the references are surprisingly current. I'd recommend this one.
Review copyright 2008 J. Andrew Byers show less
This one was pretty good. A young, oblivious woman comes forward to give Congressional testimony against her extremely wealthy businessman father, but she has to survive until then. Her father sends out a number of assassins against her, including two very fun Swedish brothers living in Africa who are the last heirs of an ancient rival assassin house. Remo and Chiun play the role of bodyguards for the young woman. I wish that she and her father had been developed a bit more; while she is the centerpiece of the plot, she's mostly a vapid cypher. Maybe that's the point -- there *is* nothing more to her personality. This was a send-up of Woodstock, the early '70s concert scene, and shock rock bands, so it show more had lots of amusing parodies of the counter-culture. While the plot revolved around an "acid rock" band, the band ("Maggot and the Dead Meat Lice") are reminiscent of some contemporary shock rockers (Marilyn Manson comes to mind), so many of the references are surprisingly current. I'd recommend this one.
Review copyright 2008 J. Andrew Byers show less
This book suffers from the problem of middle-aged authors trying to capture the sound of teen slang. It never rings true. Remo & Chiun are hired to protect a teenaged government witness who is obsessed with following a popular rock band. Someone has an open contract on her, so Remo faces everything from amateur hitmen to seasoned professionals, all trying to make a quick million. Meanwhile, Chiun is plagued by teenage fans convinced he must be "Somebody".
#144 in our old book database. Not rated.
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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
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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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- Canonical title
- Acid rock
- People/Characters
- Chiun (Master of Sinanju); Remo Williams
- Original language
- English
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- English, French, Swedish
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