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Title: Topaz by Leon Uris ISBN: 0-553-23547-8 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: March, 1983 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Very Good
Comment: Topaz did not strike me to be as good as either Mila 18 or Exodus but a far better than average read for fiction.
I read the book just recently and was stuck by the many parallels that could be imagined between the Cuban missile crisis and now.
The work itself was very interesting and intriguing. But, I did not find the dramatically moving passages that were common in the other Uris books I had read. I am sure a big part of that had to do with the subject matter.
I would suggest this book to anyone but especially to those who do not remember the Cold War.
Rating: 4
Summary: Uris' best book. A taut novel of espionage and courage.
Comment: This is far and away my favorite Leon Uris novel. Unlike many of Uris' other works, this book is crisply written, the story moves at a fast pace, the ending is climactic, and the characters are vivid. The protagonist, Andre Devereaux, is unforgettable.
This is a novel essentially of the Cuban Missile Crisis. It also deals with postwar French foreign policy under De Gaulle (thinly disguised as "Le Croix" in the novel). The novel is told from the perspective of Devereaux, a French intelligence officer. Devereaux must deal with his knowledge of the Soviet activities in Cuba as well as Soviet penetration of the French government.
This is a fine novel. Unlike many of Uris' other novels, it does not bog down, and the characters behave like real people. There are no idealized characters--each person is shown complete with flaws and foibles. Recommended.
Rating: 4
Summary: Captivating Cold War Novel
Comment: This intriguing novel is set against the backdrop of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 . It revolves around four remarkable people : Michael Nordstrom , the American Chief of ININ , Inter-NATO Intelligence Network ; Boris Kuznetov , top Russian KGB defector ; Andre Devereaux , the chief of the French Secret Service SDECE and the captivating and beautiful Cuban aristocrat Juanita De Cordoba (who heads a resistance network against the Tyrannical Castro regime)
We are taken form the streets of Paris and Copenhagen to Washington DC to the hell-on earth that is Castroite Cuba soon after the 1959 Revolution that swept the Communist regime to power
Great intrigue is underway as one of the NATO allies is being manipulated to act in Soviet interests and one man is determined to stop this before the free world is destroyed
While John F Kennedy is simply referred to as the young President one can be certain that the Imperial President of France Pierre De La Croix is based on none other than Charles De Gaulle as only one man (former leader of the Free French during World War II) dominated France during the 1960's
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Title: Armageddon: A Novel of Berlin by Leon Uris ISBN: 0385003560 Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group Pub. Date: 01 June, 1964 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Mitla Pass by Leon Uris ISBN: 0553282808 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1989 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Mila 18 by Leon Uris ISBN: 0553241605 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1983 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Angry Hills by Leon Uris ISBN: 0553244140 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: January, 1984 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: Redemption by Leon Uris ISBN: 006109174X Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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