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truth trumps fiction

Revisado: 12-18-18

This is much more exciting than a dissertation .Some times people are just not very nice. Those who hang onto the coat tails of power others are oft time very bad actors. There is a historical echo here that draws bottom from our present political universe .

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too clever by half

Revisado: 12-17-18

A great many listeners enjoyed this book. Imagine injecting the writer into a who dun it. Mr. H, Tony to his intimates, is the central character in the book- clever. The shameless name dropping is so fascinating. I just had to put down the book. If you want to learn all about the really special word of our very popular and important author this for you.

I could not get to the end.

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I can't believe I finished it

Revisado: 07-30-13

I must have checked my brain at the door. With all the great titles on Audible, I am embarrassed that I invested time on this . It will be forever, my weekend of shame.

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through choppy seas

Revisado: 04-01-13

Not a happily ever after. Sometimes life is not fair, only punctuated by delicious morsels of Venetian cuisine

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canon fodder

Revisado: 12-06-12

Sir Arthur would be proud and pleased that modern writers do a better job than he did with the Holmes canon. Clearly he has given his readers both roots and wings.

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Simon Winchester phage

Revisado: 07-24-12

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I am reminded of Simon Winchester. It is like an assembly of the foot notes that populate the Winchester books. That is a matter of personal taste. If you read and enjoyed those dense footnotes, you will love this.

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close shave

Revisado: 12-16-11

This work employs the plot devices and style of the Flashman stories in all respects but date of writing. A modern Doyle cover can be a lot of fun. There are several authors in your collection who out- Doyle Doyle. What is the point of out- MacDonald Fraser-ing MacDonald Fraser? This work is too close a shave. I am exhausted and and left pining for the real thing -- Flashman.

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Not for the faint of heart

Revisado: 12-15-10

A dystopian future with plot lines like clock work. Simple choices made in support of orthodoxies result in grave changes.Gene-ripping fuels the law of unintended consequences. I wish the narrator had asked for help in pronouncing Mandarin words. Considering the size of the production staff some one should have red-flagged the foreign language words. This one is not to be missed

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good writing goes un punished

Revisado: 04-21-10

Johnson writes with polished prose. In places, the narrative passages have the texture of short poems. His use of language suggests a skill long forgotten by many authors. The major plots are carefully braided and crafted into a rope that binds one to the story. Once started, you can not put it down. This author deserves every penny of his royalties -- and more.

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