My weekend reading; can't wait! I've loved every Gabriel Allon book since the series started. Just came across an on-target review by Hugh Hewitt, parMy weekend reading; can't wait! I've loved every Gabriel Allon book since the series started. Just came across an on-target review by Hugh Hewitt, parts of which I thought I'd share with anyone unfamiliar with the series:
"Silva's books are wonderful entertainment and Silva is widely regarded as at the very top of the thriller writers working today, but the far deeper value of the books is in the education they provide on the precarious situation of Israel in the world today. The nature of that situation first became very obvious to millions of Americans in my generation when terrorists attacked the Israeli Olympic team in Munich in 1972, ecventually killing 11 Israeli athletes and coaches on September 6, 1972. Most American 50 and older can tell you exactly where they were when this atrocity unfolded, and as the 40th anniversary looms, we can only hope the organizers of the London Games are not only committed to remembering that awful massacre but also to remembering its details correctly and without concern for the political winds blowing once again against Israel all across Europe.
The Fallen Angel takes the reader not only to Vienna and Rome in another superb combination off pacing and plot, but also to Jerusalem and into the heart of the "Temple Denial" phenomenon, the all-to-real effort by the fanatical opponents of Israel's history to claim that the First and second Temples of Ancient Israel never existed. This appalling assault on truth obliges its proponents to condemn themselves as unthinking fanatics, but the world doesn't have to accomodate their extremism any more than it does the nuttiness of Holocaust deniers. Silva's thriller does a great deal to call attention to the phenomenon, and to the physical threats to Israel as well, especially those coming from Hezbollah.
...This kind of dual purpose in a novel is rare, and not to be missed, by ordinary beach-going vacationers or presidential candidates. "...more
Stunning. On every level: narrative, neuroscientific, emotional. Read it last week and haven't stopped thinking about it yet. Stunning. On every level: narrative, neuroscientific, emotional. Read it last week and haven't stopped thinking about it yet. ...more
Will come back to this book to write a review after the grading marathon of the next few weeks. Meanwhile, in short, a surprisingly captivating read tWill come back to this book to write a review after the grading marathon of the next few weeks. Meanwhile, in short, a surprisingly captivating read that I enjoyed far more than I expected to. ...more
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