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Summary: Serious blunder by Frederick
Review: In "The Deceiver"'s third story, one of the story's protagonists takes a Cyprus Airways flight from Malta to Cyprus, lands at the Nicosia Airport and spends the night in the Nicosia Airport Hotel. Unfortunately for Frederick there does not exist a Nicosia Airport (and therefore a Nicosia Airport Hotel as well). To be more precise, Cyprus's international airport which indeed used to be in Nicosia, was closed down in 1974 (nearly 20 years before the publication of "The Deceiver") after Turkey invaded the island and since then occupies around 40% of the land. Cyprus's international airport is in Larnaca and this is the place where all international flights go. This is a serious blunder by Frederick, considering that not only he is a quality writer but also that Cyprus was a colony of his country which even now maintains on the island 2 of her largest military bases in the Mediterranean. It would be quite interesting to know how those of the approximately 1 million British tourists that visit evey year the island and have read "The Deceiver" feel when they read this third story. Ironically, in the same third story, the protagonist who pretends to be a writer says that researching for the factual information associated with some scenario should not be taken lightly because the public has become quite demanding in expecting accurate facts to be used...!
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Summary: A Totally Different Experience By Forsyth
Review: In this book, the GrandMaster of espionage story had set an untouchable target to be achieved by others in his field.Sam Macready, the Deceiver, once the head of the disinformation desk is being expelled from his position because of the end of Cold War. However, the Deceiver is not going out so easy. By putting some of his great achievements as points, his assistant tries to defend his Boss. Forsyth is so detail in his storytelling as always in explaining the Deceivers information. No matter what my review can give idea to others, Frederick Forsyth is still the very best and the ultimate idol of mine in espionage and international crisis novelist. Try to read one chapter, and you would end up finishing the whole book craving for more.
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Summary: A Totally Different Experience By Forsyth
Review: In this book, the GrandMaster of espionage story had set an untouchable target to be achieved by others in his field. Sam Macready, the Deceiver, once the head of the disinformation desk is being expelled from his position because of the end of Cold War. However, the Deceiver is not going out so easy. By putting some of his great achievements as points, his assistant tries to defend his Boss. Forsyth is so detail in his storytelling as always in explaining the Deceivers information. No matter what my review can give idea to others, Frederick Forsyth is still the very best and the ultimate idol of mine in espionage and international crisis novelist. Try to read one chapter, and you would end up finishing the whole book craving for more.
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Summary: Interesting Book Structure
Review: Not a bad little page-turner. First off the structure of the book is four stories that all have one character placed in each one. It was fun to explore how the author does it. I liked the different story lines; most of them have been done before, but not this well or with this type of structure. The book sneaks up on you and really sucks you in. You find your self almost hurrying to the next page because the suspense builds through to the end of each of the stories. Very good characters with competent development and well thought out roles within the story. I would have liked a bit more detail on the locations. Overall, this is a good old spy novel.
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Summary: Interesting Book Structure
Review: Not a bad little page-turner. First off the structure of the book is four stories that all have one character placed in each one. It was fun to explore how the author does it. I liked the different story lines; most of them have been done before, but not this well or with this type of structure. The book sneaks up on you and really sucks you in. You find your self almost hurrying to the next page because the suspense builds through to the end of each of the stories. Very good characters with competent development and well thought out roles within the story. I would have liked a bit more detail on the locations. Overall, this is a good old spy novel.
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Summary: A tantilizing interplay of the spy game and it's politics
Review: Sam McCready's job is to engage foreign threats to her majesties realm, but this time the threat is within: an internal enquiry. When confronted with questioning through four courageous episodes of duty, a hidden agenda seems clear. Can insider politics out-match THE DECEIVER?
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Summary: Good combination, does not work very well together
Review: Started off as series of 4 made for TV Spy stories with not very obvious links between them. Forsyth changed the storylines slightly to fit them together. Originally it was an American agent who went into East Germany to get to his old contact and Mcready in the tv programmes originally came from a Catholic backgound in Belfast - added spice for the IRA gunrunning story. Overall not bad and the individual stories like his short story anthology - very good.
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Summary: Worthwhile Book
Review: This book comprises four short stories featuring spymaster Sam McCready. Story #1 is a masterpiece of action; your heartbeat will confirm this as you turn page after page avidly. The way McCready has to kill the very friend he is there to save is pure drama. One of the best compositions by Forsyth ever -- teachers should assign it for children to read at school. Story #2 is the state-of-the-art of psychological twist. Until the last page you will not know who is telling the truth or lying. Thank you Fred. Story #3 does not take after the two previous ones; it is good but not as gripping as those are. You will not let unnoticed the vast research job Forsyth has done to describe places and situations in such a detailed manner. ... Story #4 -- Forsyth not in his best; he was actually having a bad day. Because of its fluent prose and intricate plots, I can recommend “The Deceiver” -- a really worthwhile book.
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Summary: Fabulous
Review: This book had everything- suspense, action, psychological thrills, and clever plot twists. And, to boot, there are four stories that each are independent of the other, yet are interwoven in that they trace career highlights of the Deceiver. Forsyth's attention to detail is startling in light of the complexity of the stories he tells. He is one of the few espionage-slash-action writers I can stomach, because his style is so vivid and clean. This book is excellent and is every bit as good as Jackal and Odessa File.
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Summary: Fabulous
Review: This book had everything- suspense, action, psychological thrills, and clever plot twists. And, to boot, there are four stories that each are independent of the other, yet are interwoven in that they trace career highlights of the Deceiver. Forsyth's attention to detail is startling in light of the complexity of the stories he tells. He is one of the few espionage-slash-action writers I can stomach, because his style is so vivid and clean. This book is excellent and is every bit as good as Jackal and Odessa File.
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