From Publishers Weekly Nearly two dozen Americans are already being held hostage in the Middle East when a young American woman and her son are abducted by a professional terrorist in a botched political kidnapping outside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. President Paul Bernard's attempts to effect the release of the hostages have so far been thwarted when four men disguised as waiters snatch him and his wife from a state dinnner in the White House and hold them hostage in the President's quarters. The leader of the kidnappers is the head of the most powerful Mafia family in the U.S., and the new American woman hostage is his only daughter. The President will not be released until the woman and her child are safely recovered. The President brings in the ruthless, ambitious head of the CIA who pools resources with the Mafia don in a worldwide campaign to force the hand of the terrorist. Adler (Random Hearts delivers a gripping modern-day thriller about the ages-old dilemmas of vengeance and responsibility. (October Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal When an aborted Middle East kidnapping attempt on the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State results in the abduction of an innocent American mother and child, an amazing scenario unfolds. Maria and Joey Michaels are the only daughter and grandson of American mafioso Salvatore Padronelli, who will stop at nothing to free his family. With U.S. President Paul Bernard pledged not to deal with terrorists, Padronelli resorts to holding the President and First Lady hostage in return for his loved ones. The irregular collaboration between the CIA and the Mafia becomes a race against time as the Americans employ unconventional and ruthless measures to end international terrorism. A fast-paced, entertaining, and well-written novel recommended for most public libraries. Maria A. Perez-Stable, Western Michigan Univ. Libs., KalamazooCopyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. See all Editorial Reviews
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我得说,这本书的叙事节奏把握得像一场完美的交响乐。开篇的处理简直是教科书级别的悬念设置,它没有急于抛出核心冲突,而是通过一系列看似不相关的片段,慢慢地构建起一个庞大的世界观。这种“慢热”的艺术,在如今追求即时满足的阅读环境中显得尤为珍贵。作者似乎深谙“少即是多”的哲理,每一个段落都经过了千锤百炼,没有一句废话,但信息量却惊人地丰富。我特别欣赏作者在语言运用上的那种克制与爆发力的平衡。有的地方,句子短促有力,如同冷兵器交锋的火花;有的地方,则舒缓悠长,宛如对逝去时光的深情回望。当我读到中间部分时,那种结构上的精巧设计让我不得不停下来,反复揣摩作者是如何在如此复杂的线索中保持逻辑的清晰,实在令人佩服。这本书需要读者全神贯注,一旦走神,可能会错过一些至关重要的暗示。
评分读完最后一页,我感到一种复杂的情绪交织:既有戛然而止的失落,也有意犹未尽的满足。这本书没有提供一个整齐划一的结局,更像是在最关键的时刻,猛地拉开了另一扇门,留下了广阔的想象空间。这对于我来说,是极高的赞誉,因为它挑战了传统文学的闭环叙事模式。作者似乎在对读者说:故事并未结束,你的人生,才是最终的舞台。这种开放式的收尾,让这本书具备了极高的重读价值。每一次重读,我都会发现之前因为专注于主线而忽略掉的伏笔和哲思。它不是那种读完就丢的消遣读物,而是需要被珍藏和反复摩挲的文本艺术品。它带来的思考和回味,远远超过了阅读本身所需的时间投入。
评分这本书的封面设计简直是视觉的盛宴,那种深邃的蓝色调配上烫金的字体,立刻抓住了我的眼球。初翻开来,我以为这是一部严肃的历史传记,毕竟标题听起来就充满了重量感和戏剧性。然而,随着阅读的深入,我发现作者的笔触远比我预想的要轻盈而富有洞察力。它并非简单地陈述事实,而是像一位技艺高超的魔术师,将那些看似枯燥的时代背景巧妙地编织成一张张引人入胜的网。那些关于权力更迭、人性挣扎的细腻描摹,让我仿佛置身于那个特定年代的喧嚣之中,空气中弥漫着咖啡和旧羊皮纸的味道。尤其是对人物内心世界的刻画,那种微妙的情绪波动,处理得极为精妙,让人不禁拍案叫绝。阅读体验是沉浸式的,我常常在深夜里被某个情节吸引得难以自拔,直到晨光熹微才恋恋不舍地合上书页。它不只是文字的堆砌,更像是一场精心策划的、关于时间与记忆的漫游。
评分与其他同类型作品相比,这本书在细节处理上的精细度简直令人发指。你几乎能闻到场景中那种独有的气味,感受到特定材质的触感。无论是对某个历史遗迹的描述,还是对某件古董物件的特写,都透露出作者深厚的底蕴和严谨的考据精神。这种对“质感”的追求,极大地提升了阅读的沉浸感。我特别留意了那些环境描写,它们不仅仅是背景板,更是推动情节发展的重要元素,有时甚至比人物的台词更具信息量。这种将环境融入叙事肌理的处理手法,高明之至。它要求读者不仅要用眼睛看,更要用心灵去感受文字所构建的那个立体世界,稍有不慎,就会错过那些隐藏在光影之间的微妙线索。
评分这本书的魅力很大程度上源于它对“灰色地带”的探讨。它拒绝给出简单的黑白对错,而是将所有角色都置于一个道德模糊的矩阵中进行审视。我欣赏作者的勇气,敢于触碰那些既敏感又复杂的人性幽暗面。书中的核心人物,没有一个是完美的圣人,也没有绝对的恶棍,他们都背负着各自的包袱和不得已的处境。正是这种真实性,让我的代入感极强。我时常会反问自己,如果站在他们的角度,我是否会做出同样的选择?这种深入的自我反思,是我阅读体验中最为宝贵的一部分。它带来的不仅仅是故事的满足,更是一种精神层面的洗礼和拓展。那些关于责任、背叛与救赎的探讨,久久地萦绕在我的脑海中,久久不能散去。
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