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Summary: Chilling......Wow!
Review: If you read this book pre-9/11, read it again and it will raise all of the little hairs on your spine. The plot is believable, the characters have depth and the pace is exhilirating to the last page. Harris is simply the master of the psychotic antagonist. Read this one soon, before all of your friends read it first and spoil the ending for you.
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Summary: An Oldie But Goodie, Definitely Worth A Read
Review: If you've ever seen the movie Black Sunday, which itself was well done, then you owe it to yourself to read the book. Thomas Harris takes what has become the most anticipated day in all of sports and turns it into a platform for sheer terror.What is so scary about this book, as with so many plots involving terrorism, is that this could happen. Whether at Tulane Stadium (the setting for the Super Bowl in the book), at the Orange Bowl (the setting in the movie), or any other of America's crowded sports venues, all it would take is a well-placed bomb or something worse (?!) to turn carefree fun into chaotic frenzy. Black Sunday is a must for the bookshelf!
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Summary: A masterpiece!
Review: In an age in which international terrorism is every bit as real as serial murder, this is a must read if you can find it. Search the used bookstores - Thomas Harris is worth the effort!
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Summary: Must reading for anyone concerned with foreign policy.
Review: In an unguarded moment, Ben Nehanyahu was asked his opinion on how long the current Mid-East peace talks would take. He laughed and said, "Have you read Genesis?"
Black Sunday is less than a quarter of a century old but it remains as a stark reminder of the unchanging attitudes of the Israelis and the Arabs.
It also underscores the staying power of Yassir Arafat and the means by which he stays in power. Harris's account is as fresh and horrible and topical as it was the day he finished it. The pace of the novel is unceasing and unrelenting. In Black Sunday there are no rest stops....
Make sure your seat belt is fastened before you begin this one.
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Summary: Just Read It
Review: It is a great book, one of the best I have ever read
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Summary: Great fiction but could be used as a psychology text
Review: Loved this book. Its very deep. The author's knowledge of a sick mind rivals a professional's. It was great to be entertained and to learn something at the same time. I prefer the book to the newer ones because its people are not degenerates. Michael Lander is sick but before he became ill he probably was a decent human being. The people, Gumb, Lecter, Mason Verger of the newer works had to be rotten from the beginning. I like to think they are fiction. Black Sunday's people are real.
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Summary: A suspense which grips the reader right from the start
Review: Michael Lander is an ex-POW from Vietnam, who has taken up a civilian position flying the Aldritch blimp for the football each Sunday. However, his time as a POW has left him emotionally scarred and he embarks on a deadly plot, enlisting the help of an Arab terrorist group. Through the book, the details of the plan are gradually unveiled, where he plans to blow up the Superbowl, killing 80,000 spectators, including the president. In the first half of the book, sympathy is built up for the terrorists, by concentrating on the relationship between Michael and terrorist Dahlia Iiyad, adding an extra dimension to the book.
Another thing I liked about the book, was the way Harris has continually referred back to how the incident relates back to Middle Eastern politics, which is the motivation for the terrorists' involvement.
My only gripe is that I felt the ending was a little weak, after such a brilliant book. This seems to be a feature of Thomas Harris' writing which is also apparent in The Silence of the Lambs. Nonetheless, I would recommend this book highly
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Summary: Do not underestimate this!
Review: One has to remember that this is Thomas Harris' first novel. Not everyone can achieve perfection at the first attempt.(You have to wait for Hannibal to gain that!)But this is a real page turner. At first, what seems like a hurried opening sequence actually appears more in line with the rest of the book because of the pace of the plot. The book sets its stool out and charges head first into the reader. Much like the insane main characters. I also happen to think that it is completely wrong to even dare to compare this effort to Harris' later novels. For one thing, this is not intended to be a skin crawling creation like the kind we now associate Harris with. It is simply unfair to compare this with, say, The Silence of the Lambs. They are always going to be very different books. The plot itself twists and turns, always hinting at the total carnage that has the potential to rise up. The very idea of how to wipe out so many people in one single blow is horrific yet inspired. One feels that only Harris could have come up with such a twisted plot. This book really is worth a read. It may appear a little dated, and not nearly as refined and polished as Harris' other titles, but give it a chance and you may just surprise yourself.
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Summary: Preety Good, but not that GOOD!
Review: Perhaps I have just been spoiled by Thomas Harris' other books but 'Black Sunday' just doesn't manage to measuere up. I didn't feel anyhting for anythingof the characters and that was one of the biggest flaws of the book. Perhaps the plot is still enough to keep one interseted (even though the book was wrote for 1975) and I probably will not look at a blimp the same way again,but I just expected more from Thomas.
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Summary: Life imitates Art
Review: Something rarely imagined and often disbelieved became reality yesterday. I am praying for the souls of the departed at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and I am praying that their families are never again afflicted like this.
Is it more stunning to think Harris wrote it, or that terrorists implemented a variation of it?
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