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The English Assassin
Author: Daniel Silva

Book Information
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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ISBN-13: 9780399148514 - ISBN-10: 0399148515
Publication Date: 3/4/2002
Pages: 386


Other Versions of this Book: Paperback, Audio CD (Abridged), Hardcover

Book Description:
The Unlikely Spy, Daniel Silva's extraordinary debut novel, was applauded by critics as it rocketed onto national bestseller lists. Now Silva has outdone himself, with a taut, lightning-paced thriller rooted assuredly in fact: Switzerland's shameful WWII record of profiteering and collaboration with Nazi Germany.

When art restorer and occasional Israeli agent Gabriel Allon is sent to Zurich, Switzerland, to restore the painting of a reclusive millionaire banker, he arrives to find his would-be employer murdered at the foot of his Raphael. A secret collection of priceless, illicitly gained Impressionist masterpieces is missing. Gabriel's handlers step out of the shadows to admit the truth-the collector had been silenced-and Gabriel is put back in the high-stakes spy game, battling wits with the rogue assassin he helped to train.

Tense, taut, expertly crafted, and brimming with unexpected reversals, The English Assassin is Daniel Silva at his storytelling best.


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Top Member Book Reviews

Leslie R. (darcy0207) wrote on 7/27/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

This is another book in the series with Gabriel Allon as the protagonist. Although the books can stand alone (they have to since I am reading them out of order), there are characters which thread themselves through all of them – and back story that stays the same. His history is the same, his friends, family, job and boss are the same.

This series, with an Israeli “operative” in the leading “role” always refers back to the Holocaust – what was taken, what was done, what was never “paid back”. It is Gabriel Allon’s job, in one way or another to balance the scales.

I still like the series enough to try to obtain more books – there are at least five by now…

Throughout the book there are references made to a specific piece of music. Thanks to the Internet, we can actually hear that music. Granted it’s not being played by the character in the book, but it is on youtube.com @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ798THmR5Y.
(It is NOT embeddable.)


Please Rate these Book Reviews

Bonni R. wrote on 3/14/2007...


Yet another wonderful book by Daniel Silva!

Linda S. (labluvver) wrote on 12/31/2005...


This a fast paced mystery about "stolen art, a decades-old suicide, and a dark bloody trail of killings".


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