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Title: Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett ISBN: 0380733358 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: September, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71
Rating: 5
Summary: You Saw My Face
Comment: Ken Follet's Eye of the Needle was an extraordinary book about a German spy named Faber, who knows the greatest secret of the Allies. If he gets the information to Hitler than the war is most likely to be won by the Nazis.
It is a race between Faber and many intelligent Allies. Two of them, Godliman and Bloggs have traced back many murders and crimes to Faber and are always close to catching him but somehow he always finds a way to escape. They both know that The Needle, Faber's codename, is very important and close to Hitler because he ends his letters with , Regards to Willi.
Which most spies would never be that casual with their leaders.
Follet also tells the story of two of the important people following Faber. Godliman was a professor before the war started and throughout the search for Faber he remembers seeing him somewhere when he was younger. Bloggs is young and has just lost his wife in a bombing. He blames every Nazi for this and will doing anything to find and kill Faber.
Follet also tells of a young couple who are living their lives on a small cozy island with their son while all of this is going on. David, the husband, was going to fly a plane for the allies but got in a car accident and lost his legs. They both act happy when visitors come but Lucy, David's wife, knows there is something missing between them.
The Needle ruthlessly kills anyone that gets in between him and the Fuehrer. He even kills people on his own side. That is the reason, though, that thousands of people are looking for him but no one can find him. Follett adds an interesting pattern at the ends of the chapters that The Needle kills someone end with the phrase "You saw my face."
You do find out he has a heart, though, at the end of his mission when he crashes on a lonely island. For once, he hesitates to kill someone.
This book is definitely a page-turner and has a very intense plot filled with adventure, suspense, and romance. It keeps you interested from the very first page to the very last.
Rating: 4
Summary: good solid read
Comment: This is the fourth Follett book I've read. The first was Pillars of the Earth, followed by A Place CAlled Freedom, followed by A Dangerous Fortune.
While I didn't like this one as much as the others it was still a good read. Strong characters, a villain you love to hate, true to life situations and relationships all make this book an interesting one.
The setting and circumstances are very plausible. Could the success or failure of one of Hitler's most trusted spies turn the tides of the second world war?
The ending was definetly worth the whole entire read. I recommend this one for spy thriller and follett fans alike.
Rating: 5
Summary: Well paced adventure: Nazis and stilettos
Comment: Follett has written a very well-paced adventure novel that focuses more on the villainous Nazi spy than it does on the good guys: which is probably for the best since his action is more interesting anyway, especially when he meets a feisty farmer's wife on a storm battered island. Not only does the spy cold-heartedly kill his landlady, and stiletto countless other hapless Brits--he cuckolds a cripple and kills a dog! I'll never like Nazis again.
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Title: The Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett ISBN: 0451163494 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett ISBN: 0451166892 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Triple by Ken Follett ISBN: 0451163540 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Man from St. Petersburg by Ken Follett ISBN: 0451163516 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: March, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett ISBN: 0440217490 Publisher: Island Books Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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