The Hunters (A Presidential Agent Novel)
by W.E.B. Griffin
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Author: W.E.B. GriffinEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2007-01-02
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 528
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Book Reviews of The Hunters (A Presidential Agent Novel)
Book Review: Faking it...
Summary: 1 Stars
Normally, I like old W.E.B. ... might even say he is one of my favorite authors. However, this opus has horrid flaws, besides being just boring... He places some scenes in the Hotel Gellért in Hungary - which I have know since my childhood and of course I do speak Hungarian...
Now, in Mr. Griffith's earlier novels (yes, I know it is Griffin, but he is a bit too liberal with everyone else's spelling, so let me be liberal, too) I have noticed that he quotes German speakers speaking in "German" ... but he has minor errors. Does the same in Spanish. His errors are not great - looks like "another American trying to speak our language, missing it here and there"...
His "Hungarian" is another thing... Imagine a Hungarian author, on Page 1, in a Hungarian novel, quoting two English speakers, one calling the other "Kocian Mister" (consistently, not just once or twice). Now, if we wanted to imitate someone who does not speak English, fine, but that is not what W.E.B. does... He has no idea of the Hungarian language, but of course, for "local flavor" he continually quotes "Hungarian" sentences, which he obviously failed to have checked by anyone who actually speaks Hungarian...
The travelogue is not bad, although he often mixes up minor things (in another novel of his talks about "North longitude", etc.). I wish Griffith Mister had the humility of one of the best known current "legal thriller" authors, who, at least when he goes outside the legal arena admits he knows nothing of his subject (so he makes a major the Director of CIA, etc...).
Mr. Griffith has a standard recipe: "Rich American boy from well to do family with a private income is a somewhat unconventional military hero, there are few not-so-rich boys, too; a few rich girls go fall for either kind and have unbridled sexual encounters which is noble, and with the help of our hero we win everything..." Not bad, if predictable. (And, when he has real people as his models, like Wendell Fertig, he is very good). The problem is these novels made Mr. Griffith (or shall I call him Griffith Mister?) a bit too self-satisfied. Too many honors, so we are stars, we don't have to check.
Well, happened to Tom Clancy sooner, and at least Griffith-mister is writing his own...
In summary: it is not worth buying. Perhaps dropping sales will correct the course.... and we can get back the "old" W.E.B. Griffith...
Summary of The Hunters (A Presidential Agent Novel)
Delta Force Major Charley Castillo returns in the third crackling adventure in Griffin's #1 New York Times-bestselling series.The first two novels in W. E. B. Griffin's exciting new Presidential Agent series, By Order of the President and The Hostage, immediately raced up the bestseller lists-The Hostage debuting at #1. Told in "punchy prose that connects like a right hook" (Chicago Tribune), they were further proof that "Griffin just keeps on getting better" (Booklist).
The Hunters picks up right where The Hostage left off. Two brutal murders and millions of missing dollars in the growing UN/Iraq oil-for-food scandal have lead Castillo and his team to an estancia in Uruguay, where, to his shock, the man they are seeking is himself murdered right before their eyes. Who is responsible? Most likely, the people higher up in the money chain, those willing to risk anything to keep their secrets from being revealed. They've left just enough of a trail, though, for Castillo to pick up the scent, and, with carte blanche from the president, to follow it wherever it takes him, he ends up . . . well, not exactly where he expected . . .
Brimming with rich characters, strong action, and cutting-edge drama, this is Griffin writing at the height of his powers.
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