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Book Reviews of Black Shrike

Black Shrike
Black Shrike
Author: Alistair MacLean
ISBN-13: 9780449139035
ISBN-10: 0449139034
Publication Date: 7/12/1978
Pages: 223
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Fawcett
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Great MacLean--classic man vs. circumstances plot. I even like how it veers almost into Bond parody. Kind of cute. Also, quite a bit of the MacLean humor. Really a great read!
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Back of Book says: Eight famous scientists answered the ad. Eight left England for Australia. Nove arrived or were heard from again. The ninth who answered was Bentall, complete with a scientific cover and a girl named Marie, a secret agent like himself. From the moment they were kidnapped at gunpoint from their Fiji hotel, they were plunged into a fantastic plot for word domination, played out on a secret missile site on a remote Polynesian island.

I say: Typical Maclean thriller - plenty of movement, gripping tension, an ingenious plot.