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Make-or-break decisions involving millions of dollars are all in a day’s work for Christian Gillette, chairman of Everest Capital, New York’s most renowned private equity firm. He’s taken on the toughest, most powerful, and often most dangerous adversaries and prevailed–all the while honing his skill for being cool under fire, literally. But now Gillette will be put to the ultimate test. He’s offered the chance to seal a deal unlike any other, one that goes beyond boardrooms, balance sheets, and even Everest itself–one that will leave its mark on history.
Gillette is no stranger to Jesse Wood, the first African American president of the United States, having been Wood’s chosen running mate in his historic bid for the White House. Though still slightly upset over being dropped from the ticket at the eleventh hour, Gillette’s not about to ignore the chief executive’s summons to a top-secret meeting at Camp David. There, Wood drops a bombshell: The president of Cuba is dead. Cuba’s communist regime has kept the dictator’s demise hush while it races to fill the power vacuum. And the United States is poised to support a cabal of Cuban professionals plotting a coup. The President wants Gillette to meet with the conspirators and size up the chances for a successful capitalist revolution. But by no means can his mission be traced back to the White House. If anything goes wrong, Gillette is on his own.
And if certain people have their way, something will go wrong. For the conspiracy to liberate Cuba isn’t the only one afoot. Enemies in high places, who will go to any lengths to wreak revenge on Gillette and to unseat President Wood, have set in motion a campaign of deception, sabotage, and murder whose shockwaves will resonate from the streets of Havana to the Oval Office. But for Gillette, who has just named his alluring and ambitious protégé, Allison Wallace, as his successor at Everest, the greatest peril may lie much closer to home.
The Successor is blue-chip Stephen Frey, marshaling his flawless instincts for edgy, provocative, breathtaking suspense with a master’s touch.
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The Political Bore Fest..........2007-08-15
I normally like reading Stephen Frey novels, and have enjoyed the Christian Gillette series over the past couple of years, so much so that I've overlooked some of the shortcomings in the writing style, and character development skill of the author.
However, this novel has to be one of the most poorly written I've read in a long time. Also, although politically I'm a moderate (sometimes I'm a Democrat and sometimes I'm a Republican), I find it amusing that the author in at least the last two Christian Gillette series, would depict all Democrats as the good guys and people who really care about their fellow man; while all Republicans are depicted as evil, heartless, racist against minorities, in league with big business, and whose main agenda is to maintain the status quo. This type of storytelling is of course geared towards one political leaning class of readers, however most level headed and fair minded people will know that the depictions described in the novel are much too simplistic.
The nagging feeling that there is an unmistakable political agenda in the storyline that the author presents to us is all too powerful. Reading this novel gave me the impression that the author was more concerned with trying his best to sell me a bill of goods: to think Democrat and to vote Democrat (which I may or may not)...but in doing so, he forgot to add basic key elements required in any story --- good character development.
Then again, the question remains, how can one develop multiple "complex" human characters in a novel, when one apparently clearly appears to see his readers as simplistic human beings?
And that's my "take".
Redux.......2007-05-28
I liked the first few Frey novels of high finance and the people who deal with money - good and especially the bad, but now I have the feeling that I am re-reading the same book over and over. The writing is adequete, and the characters are interesting, but sorry to say it seems to be the same plot over and over. The author has come to a point where he needs to stretch a little more or risk losing his audience.
4 1/2 Stars.......2007-03-21
Is Christian Gillette wise to leave protégé Allison Wallace in charge of Everest Capital while he runs off on another scary international mission? Though this has little to do with most of this novel, it has about all there is to do with Everest.
I thought this to be a highly entertaining 'Christian Gillette' novel. Sure, this time it was more political thriller than financial thriller.
I welcome the change.
Sure I questioned Christian's relationship with the 'younger woman'. It made no sense logically, but the author tried to convince the reader he would do it because of his sister.
I'm sure there will be another novel featuring C. Gillette, and I think it will be full of surprises. Including bringing back someone. You know who.
Not Impressed.......2007-03-16
I have always liked Stephen Frey's books, but this one seem to be hum drum. The logic behind main character Christian's actions is subpar and naive for a tough, savvy wall street executive. Blah and disappointing ending.
Ummm, typical Frey, not happy with the end.......2007-03-01
Well, well, well, it's all over for Christian Gillette. I read all four books in this series and, at least, I hope it's over.
If I could turn back the clock and not have had to read the last 15 pages of the book, I would do so.
An absolutely miserable, formulatic ending that Frey obviously had no idea how to wrap up. It took 275 pages to set up and 10 pages to reach a climax that never really occurred. And the ending's ending was woeful, I wasn't expecting to get a Hallmark card and, wouldn't you know, there it was, plasterd all over the final 3 pages.
As well, one of the main, and outside of Gillette, the most important, characters is killed off with a few words and very little substance. It was miserably anticlimatic and, way worse, totally unnecessary and he nothing to do with advancing the plot or allowing the story to reach its final resolution. It was kind of tossed in as an aside, as a matter of fact.
That's how you treat characters the readers spend multiple books reading about and getting to know?
Terrible job by the author and it really left a bitter aftertaste in my mouth about the whole series.
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- The Man Who Has Himself Hauled Away By Two Black Oxen
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The Successor: A Novel
Ismail Kadare
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A powerful political novel based on the sudden, mysterious death of the man who had been handpicked to succeed the hated Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha.Did he commit suicide or was he murdered? That is the burning question. The man who died by his own hand, or another+s, was Mehmet Shehu, the presumed heir to the ailing dictator, Enver Hoxha. So sure was the world that he was next in line, he was known as The Successor. And then, shortly before he was to assume power, he was found dead.THE SUCCESSOR is simultaneously a mystery novel, an historical novel-based on actual events and buttressed by the author+s private conversations with the son of the real-life Mehmet Shehu-and a psychological novel (How do you live when nothing is sure?). Vintage Kadare, THE SUCCESSOR seamlessly blends dream and reality, legendary past, and contemporary history.
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The Man Who Has Himself Hauled Away By Two Black Oxen.......2006-08-12
Although information on the book jacket of The Successor claims that Albanian author Ismail Kadare is acclaimed worldwide, few English-speaking readers knew of him until he won the 2005 Man Booker Prize. Accessibility to his works is also hampered by the fact that for various reasons, the English translations are second hand, passing first through French.
From Kadare's introductory caveat in The Successor (" . . . any resemblance between the characters and circumstances of this tale and real people and events is inevitable") and the first sentence ("The Designated Successor was found dead in his bedroom on December 14"), the reader can quickly deduce that the novel is both historical and political. The simple plot presents the death as a mystery. Was the Successor's death suicide (the party line) or was it murder? It seems as though the Successor chose "to have himself hauled away by two black oxen . . .". Details are sparse, varied, and presented in flashback by potential murders and others. The country is Albania, but the year is not given. Most characters have titles but no names. The exceptions are a truly fictional daughter (the actual Successor had only sons) and another would-be successor Adrian Hasobeu. At this point, the reader who cannot tolerate ambiguity can consult the book jacket or more elaborate resources. Since this is a fictional account, facts might not be that important. The text explains, moreover, that Albania is governed by a Communist dictarorship; parnoid suspicion rather than truth reigns. Truth is not to be found, but the book presents an engaging read by holding out the bait. While the mysterious death of a leader is more prevalent in Communist countries, such deaths also occur in democracies--John F. Kennedy. Documented facts do not reveal the facts about such deaths. The style of this novel suits the subject well. It is a cross between The Trial and Rashomon (other reviewers have made the comparison). Kadare combines Kafka's nightmarish landscapes with subjectivity and folktale elements.
Like the Successor, Ismail Kadare is also hauled around by two oxen, but one is black and one is white. Because he had close but reputedly necessary Communist party connections, Kadare has received some controversial press from Albanians and other informed individuals. Interesting information about Kadare can be found on blogs. In the final analysis, however, he does write well.
Enormous relevance in a global world of shock and awe.......2006-07-08
This is a book that although fascinating as a mystery, fascinating as a book on Albanian by one of the worlds newest and greatest writers (most of his books have been recently translated also from the French) but the deepest value of the book written by a man who is a brilliant novelist and poet has to do with a global world where all that is solid melts away and truth is defined by dominance and brutality and thus dividing a nation and also confusing individuals and as now after the cold war so much of the world is placed under these conditions..whether in the Balkans, the Middle East or in parts of North and South America this book takes on massive significance....a must read.
The Void of Succession: a troubling thriller from a chink in the Wall.......2006-06-20
Kadare may be the most intriguing and maddening writer to emerge from the other side of the Wall - or, more accurately, from one of the wall's more peculiar chinks. He can write clumsily, as he proved in Three Elegies for Kosovo, and The Successor lacks the lyric grace of the literary heavyweights Kadare upset in winning the International Man Booker Prize (unless the problem is with the two rounds of translation from Albanian to French to English), but Kadare concisely captures the mood of glasnost - a short hand term for the disappearnce of central authority, replaced by deep ideological uncertainty.
The chestnut of a murder mystery is really a parlor game played by the aging, increasingly paranoid Enver Hoxha (renamed Number 1 in The Successor), while the human tragedies caused by Communism's labyrinthine party politics (the successor's daughter is unable to marry, the architect of the successor's house is guilt-ridden over the secret passageway he constructed between the houses of #1 and the successor) only presage the book's disquieting ending. In the Successor's fragmentary recollections through a medium we glimpse a reversion to a primitive future that may be just as bad as totalitarianism, likewise dominated by the basic human - and inhumane - drive to power.
Pervaded by the miasma of fear.......2006-04-05
This novel is based on actual events: the Albanian communist dictator Enver Hoxha ("the Guide" in this book) denounced his long-standing premier and presumed heir, Mehmet Shehu ("the Successor"), who then was said to have shot himself. Whether he was murdered or committed suicide is the question at the centre of this book, and Kadare offers an ingenious answer in the last chapter. The whole book is suffused with the fear and paranoia prevailing in a country ruled by suspicious and devious tyrant: the terror felt by those near to him and by their families; the sycophantic rivalry for his favour; the dread felt by people like doctors or architects asked to work for someone in the government in case their work is dangerously caught up in some unpredictable political manoeuvre; the cautious and nervous gossip of the population; the attempt of foreign governments to make sense of what was happening in that hermetically sealed country.
Kadare has been fortunate in his translators. Most of his books have been translated from the Albanian into French and then from the French into English - in this case by David Bellos. This is the eighth novel of Kadare's that I have read and between them there have been at least seven translators - but they all capture Kadare's unmistakeable clean and simple style.
A Chilling Tale of Fear and Chaos Under a Totalitarian Regime .......2005-12-08
Ismail Kadare's THE SUCCESSOR, winner of the Man Booker International Prize for 2005, lays bare with devastating intensity the nightmare of life under the totalitarian regime of an aging and merciless dictator. This short novel will grab you by the throat and refuse to let go until you've finished, leaving you breathlessly contemplating how life can be lived on such impossible terms.
In Kadare's horrifying world, nothing is fixed - truth, reality, even time are all relative, subject to the manipulation and caprice of a single individual. Kadare's story revolves around the mysterious nighttime death of the Successor, the man designated as Number Two in the Albanian government and modeled after the real-life Mehmet Shehu. Number One is known only as the Guide, a solitary and all-powerful dictator (modeled on Enver Hoxha, the country's former dictator) whose growing sightlessness is mirrored by his growing paranoia. What really happened on the stormy night of the Successor's death? Did he commit suicide as first thought, or was it murder? What about that rumored tunnel running from the Guide's residence to the Successor's and the surprising discovery that its door could only be opened from the Guide's side? What of the role of Hasobeu, the minister of the interior and presumptive successor to the Successor, who was seen twice after midnight outside the Successor's home on the night of those fateful events? What did the Guide actually want of Hasobeu? As well, what was the role of the Successor's over-reaching architect, who surely knew of the tunnel's existence and blames his artistic vision for the Successor's death?
The entire capitol holds its collective breath for the Guide's decision - suicide or murder, and if the latter, who would be the designated perpetrator. Time passes, roles change, the Successor's family is evicted from their home, the Successor's daughter laments that her romantic life has been sacrificed for her dead father's welfare and that of the State, Hasobeu faces his political downfall in the face of the Guide's "black beast," and everyone else tries to gauge which "truth" will affect them least. In the end, the shocking facts are suggested, but like everything else in Albania's megalomaniacal world under the Guide, who can know for sure? Not even the Successor's ghost can assure us unequivocally of what happened.
Comparisons of THE SUCCESSOR to Kafka's THE TRIAL and THE CASTLE seem inevitable for their similar content as well as their Eastern European origins. Yet where Kafka assumed the viewpoint of innocent and unsuspecting citizens trapped in a faceless bureaucratic maze, Kadare carries us into the seat of power and, more particularly, to those surrounding and even aspiring to occupy it and their families. From that vantage point, THE SUCCESSOR harkens back to the spiritual and emotional desolation of books like Garcia Marquez's THE AUTUMN OF THE PATRIARCH and NOBODY WRITES TO THE COLONEL. And just as the Patriarch and the Colonel transcend the world of South America, Kadare's Guide represents not just Albania, but self-preservation-seeking theocracies and dictatorships everywhere, from Afghanistan under the Taliban (read THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL by Yasmina Khadra) to Cambodia under Pol Pot, Uganda under Idi Amin, and the Soviet Union under Lenin and Khrushchev (read almost anything by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn).
It is difficult to know what may have been lost in translating this book second hand from the French translation of the original; perhaps one day a direct translation will be available out of the Albanian. Regardless, this edition as translated by David Bellos retains more than enough power and sense of dread to justify making THE SUCCESSOR accessible to English readers. This is a compelling fictional account of life beholden to tyrannical whimsy in a place where (to paraphrase Karl Marx and turn his indictment of capitalism back onto Soviet-styled regimes) all that is solid has already melted into air and all that is sacred has already been profaned.
As Ismail Kadare says so eloquently in his dedication, "...any resemblance between the characters and circumstances of this tale and real people and events is inevitable." Amen, sadly.
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The Fire Bringers may not age, but that does not mean they are immortal--and this volume of Suikon III will prove it. While Geddoe's mercenary band tries to rendezvous with the Grasslanders, the Grasslanders are pursued by the mighty Harmonian army! Could Geddoe's search for safety only bring disaster? Meanwhile, Wyatt Lightfellow battles the Masked Bishop as Chris Lightfellow and Nash continue their search. Will Chris finally find her father...or just his remains?
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"I'll call him Hugo...".......2007-08-02
Based on a fantasy video game series, Suikoden III: The Successor of Fate Volume 1 takes place eighteen years after Suikoden I and opens with the birth of Hugo, the son of the Chief of the Karaya. Moving quickly into his childhood, while out hunting with a Karaya warrior, Hugo comes across a fallen gryphon shot down while leading it's chick away from danger. Hugo finds the orphaned babe, brings it home, and names it Fubar--however after living with him for a few months, Hugo's mother decides it's time to sell the growing animal with the reasoning it could kill someone since it is still a wild beast. Sneaking into the shadows of darkness to save it's life, Hugo sets Fubar free only to have a surprising experience change their relationship forever.
The second storyline is about Lady Chris Lightfellow, a girl orphaned by a father who is presumed deceased. After entering the Service Academy, Chris rose to the position of Secondary Knight in the Zexen Federation and this is where her story begins, with Chris on a battlefield accompanied by Sir Salome, a character of which we are introduced to through a flashback along with several other key players as the backstory continues. Jumping back to the present, Chris watches helplessly as the soldiers fall around her, mercilessly slaughtered until an unforeseen incident leads to her earning the title of "The Silver Maiden."
It is at this point where the two storylines converge and build the groundwork of why these two clans, and specifically Hugo and Chris, suddenly find themselves deep in conflict even though they both were trying to build towards peace.
The artwork effectively elaborates the storyline and generally speaking Suikoden III is drawn fairly well providing fine detail as needed, like with Chris's backstory, and offset enough with a heavier pen to show contrast in scenes of high action or when featuring masculine personas like Hugo.
The characters themselves, from Chris to Hugo to a varied assortment of usual archetypes came across as distinct personalities, although there's always that one that makes you wonder what the authors/artists were thinking ;)
In closing, Suikoden III: The Successor of Fate Volume 1 is good Manga that offers the beginning to a complex storyline and shows good promise of developing into an attention-holding, entertaining read. Enjoy!
More of the same.......2005-10-23
Well at this stage you're either commited to buying the manga or not. I've been getting it myself more for the curiousity of seeing how well the game translates into a manga. I would say this is one for the fans only. The manga is of an adequate standard but its nothing groundbreaking.
Wonderful.......2005-09-24
So far I've only read this edition of this series. I bought it for a friend and nearly didn't send it to him >.> I very, very much enjoyed the characters and the drawing style. Definetly recommended.
Amazing.......2005-08-04
I don't like the suikoden III game very much because it's slow to get through, with general dialogue, and I got stuck in a pointless chapter. It's also rather low-impact. I wanted very much to find out the story, though, because the game enjoys a very good reputation for its plot. Thankfully, it's been converted to comic book form.
There is a plethora of reasons why the manga suceeds- for one thing,the script is either causal or emotional, leagues away from the informative tone of the game. The character interaction really shines through for dutiful Chris, fiery Hugo, and enigmatic Geddoe; what's more, they're all drawn beautifully and resemble their original design. The look of suikoden III is very distinctive, yet the artist managed to make even background characters unique, but true to the fashion of thier respective cultures. The color pages are an added bonus.
Being a story of war there is the occasional battle, of course- and that is where you can see the mangaka's skills at capturing both the human mind and human figure. Not only are the clashes visually dynamic, the politics, inner-conflict, and self-discoveries of war have a big role, and are presented in a way that is both intricate and entertaining.
What really helps is that the manga has a great origin-the game-but evolves into it's own medium. It doesn't feel like a retelling, but a story in its own right, especially since the author makes alterations (which don't impose upon the game's concepts) The comic is good for fans- but it's excellent for everyone.
I love this manga !!.......2005-08-02
This manga is so good to read !
If you like mangas, you would definitely love this one !
Thanks to Shimizu Aki for giving us the chance to reading it ;)
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This book is a critically sophisticated introduction to the epic tradition of the early Roman empire, specifically the epic poems of Ovid, Lucan, Statius, Valerius Flaccus, and Silius Italicus. It explores the use that they all make of the great Augustan epic of Virgil, the Aeneid. Instead of being feeble imitations of the great classic (a common critical viewpoint), these poems are shown to be dynamic works that use the Virgilian model creatively to reflect the moral and political issues of their own day. All Latin is translated.
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Forms of Historical Fiction: Sir Walter Scott and His Successors
Harry E. Shaw
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Harry Shaw's aim is to promote a fuller understanding of nineteenth-century historical fiction by revealing its formal possibilities and limitations. His wide-ranging book establishes a typology of the ways in which history was used in prose fiction during the nineteenth century, examining major works by Sir Walter Scott--the first modern historical novelist--and by Balzac, Hugo, Anatole France, Eliot, Thakeray, Dickens, and Tolstoy.
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Martian Successor Nadesico Book 1 (Nadesico)
Kia Asamiya
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New from CPM Manga! Set in 2142, Martian Successor Nadesico is a fast-paced, offbeat, science fiction manga. NADESICO is reminiscent of classic anime of the past, combing elements of MACROSS and GUNDAM with an Asamiya twist. When Mars is attacked by alien invaders, the United Earth government finds most of its defenses lacking. A large battleship, the NADESICO, is constructed and sent into space to fight the alien menace. Manned by a mostly all female crew, the NADESICO is like no other ship ever seen before. However, it's up to lovely captain Yurika Misumaru to keep the crew in line as it seems they would rather fight amongst themselves than with the aliens. Original story and art by fan-favorite KIA ASAMIYA! All ages manga.
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SCI-FI CLASSIC.......2005-07-29
Asamiya has always been a favorite of mine because of how he is able to combine the classic manga style with mainstream American comic book art. As such, NADESICO is a pretty easy manga to pick up, read, and absorb. And hey, comics should be fun to read, right?
In NADESICO 4, the epic conclusion of this space adventure, things comes to a close with an eerie ending that effects each of the major characters in the piece. Stakes are raised for each cast member, and the fate of the world...plus their very lives...all depends on how thier combined decisions will weave together into the ultimate outcome.
Sounds like heady stuff, I know, but it's actually quite fun, and an easy read at that. Of course, I have to mention the art, which is a terrifiic blend of the usual manga-mecha stuff, a few buxom babes, and the classic Asamiya heroic archetypes.
Ultimately, NADESICO is a great manga to start with if you're a longtime comics fan but you've never given manga a try.
I WANNA BE A SPACE COWBOY.......2005-07-29
Kia Asamiya is the type of manga artist who is very accesessible for American fans, I think, because his art and storytelling style are very much influenced by American comic book artists.
As such, NADESICO is a straight-ahead sci-fi melodrama that manages to include all of the time-honored cliches of the genre, but Asamiya is successful in giving them a unique spin that makes the combined elements even greater than the sum of the individual parts.
As with most space epics, the stakes are high and the fate of the Earth is on the line. However, the drama works on a personal level at the same time planets are exploding. It's a tricky task to pull off, but Asamiya does so with charm.
Very recommended!
Alien Nine is Great.......2004-07-26
I'd just like to point out that the above reviews are reviewing Nadesico's manga and not Alien Nine. They're in the wrong section.
I have Alien Nine and found it to be one of my favorite OVAs and the books are great as well, going well beyond the OVA. This isn't a must buy, but it's something special for an otaku's collection.
A Great letdown.......2004-03-14
I was greatly dissapointed in the novel. It deviated from the series so much I thought I was reading a different book. The storyline was not even close as good as the series.
GREAT BOOK.......2003-01-01
Great book to those who love the dvd/ vhs seris. The story line is totally different. The begining starts the same but after that the story is differnt, not to mention much better. It has all the same charecters, but some have name changes. There are also slight changes to the ship. I HIGHLY recomend this book for those who love the Nadesico seris.
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Money and the Novel: Mercenary Motivation in Defoe and His Immediate Successors
MacEy Samuel
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Juan Valera (1824-1905) was Spain's only realist with a lifelong insistence that narrative privilege invention over testimony. Throughout Valera's lengthy career, his novels engaged in a running esthetic debate with those of his chief rivals, Galdós and Alas. This debate, chronicled in the present work, led to many compromises and ultimately produced, in the twentieth-century fiction of Valle-Inclán and Unamuno, a novelistic form, also detailed here, that exhibited clear debts to Valera's catalytic influence.
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