Carole Reisman Reisman itibaren Buena Vista, Guatemala
classic spy novel--learned that airports had inferior screening policies in the '70s from reading this book, also that Go is a Japanese game which holds all the secrets of life. this book is must read. put down your bibles and read Shibumi.
I didn't really like this book because it was boring and it didn't interest me as much as most books do.
First off, let me say I haven't seen the movie, and avoided seeing it until I got around to reading the book (was that intrigued by the premise). I did know, however, that the movie switches the basic premise of the book around -- in the book it is all of the world's men that are sterile; in the movie it is all of the women. I find it curious that the makers of the movie felt it necessary to switch this around ... is it inherent sexism? I can't fathom any other reason for this, other than the producers thought that it would be more "sellable" as a movie if it were not the dudes that were shooting blanks. From a story-telling perspective, there certainly doesn't seem to be a reason for the switch -- but I haven't seen the movie, so I'll reserve judgment. Anyway, sex/gender, sexism and jealousy all figure into the themes of the novel, as does aging and politics. All of this thrown into the basic premise of the book -- that in the near future, all of the world's men have become sterile and no one has been able to find a cure -- makes for a, if you'll pardon the pun, a potent mix. As such, I was a little disappointed in the book. P.D. James writing comes across as a bit stilted, and I think by using a first person narrative, the novel by default is a bit limited in scope. I think it would have been a much more interesting novel had James used the third person and climbed into some of the other main character's heads and examined their motives. This is all compounded by the fact that the narrator of the story is British to a fault; he's almost a caricature of a middle-aged British man. Perhaps this is by James' design. In any event, it's definitely still worth a read, if for no other reason than to see what she does with this interesting premise.
Solid, but kind of overrated in my opinion.
Irene Kelly faces her nemesis, serial killer Nick Parrish, in this page turning thriller. Good action and story line with a surprise savior.