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Title: The Monkey Handlers by G. Gordon Liddy ISBN: 0312926138 Publisher: St Martins Mass Market Paper Pub. Date: 1991 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62
Rating: 5
Summary: Certainly superior to Tom Clancy, et al.
Comment: My guess is that most people will encounter this book because they are already fans of Mr. Liddy's syndicated radio program, or because they have already read WILL and are hungry for more Liddyesque material. This book will not disappoint (unless you expect WAR AND PEACE - or another WILL); I read it shortly after it was first released and I still remember the plot, action, and characters vividly: how many "techno-thrillers" can that be said about? I actually take issue with the label of "techno-thriller": MONKEY HANDLERS is about the men of the Navy SEALs, more particularly about how the human mind, body, and spirit can combine to produce results previously unimagined. It's a very good book and a good companion on an airliner or by the pool.
Rating: 4
Summary: Action, skill, action, bravado and more action!
Comment: As a fan of Mr. Liddy's radio talk show, I was prepared for an excellent thriller. However, I was a bit disappointed. The plot is action-packed, but a bit light on development. The book comes to a rather abrupt, anticlimactic end. Mr. Liddy sometimes spends a bit too much time on the technical details (which are fascinating nonetheless). Having said that, I still recommend it for anyone looking for an action thriller. I'd guess most people won't figure out who the "bad guy" is until the end.
The "voice" of the book is unmistakable Liddy. The main character, Mike Stone, a former Navy SEAL, oozes bravado from the start. Eventually Liddy gives him a bit more personality and creates a more believable character. It seems that Mrs. Liddy even makes an appearance as the main character's widowed Aunt.
The plot twists several times and is anything but predictable. If nothing else, reading _The Monkey Handlers_ will make most people stop and think.
Rating: 5
Summary: Compelling reading.
Comment: Consider the FIVR STAR rating for both of Mr. Liddy's techno thriller novels...this one and "Out of Control."
While they 1990 and 1980 copywrites they give the same high degree of thrills today. Both are tension filled, taunt plots.
Certainly Mr. Liddy is well qualified to write of "special ops" and he pulls no punches. I could not put down either book. And, with his creditials suspension of disbelief is at at minimum.
My hope is that he will do more and if he writes one every ten years, could 2000 be the date for another action packed page turner?
Great stuff! KVD
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Title: When I Was a Kid, This Was a Free Country by G. Gordon Liddy ISBN: 0895261758 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy by G. Gordon Liddy ISBN: 0312924127 Publisher: St Martins Mass Market Paper Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Out of Control by Gordon G. Liddy ISBN: 0312924283 Publisher: St Martins Mass Market Paper Pub. Date: 1991 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Mission Compromised: A Novel by Oliver North, Joe Musser ISBN: 0805425500 Publisher: Broadman & Holman Publishers Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists Criminals & Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores by Michelle Malkin ISBN: 0895261464 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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