I read this on my husband 's recommendation. He really enjoyed it and went on to read the next in the series. I liked it but not as much. I was not comfortable with the way the wedding was handled and thought the whole thing was melodramatic. I also found the way so many miscellaneous adults wer...
This awesome, very well written book took place beginning in the late 1800's and reaching into the 1970's through the life of Charlie Trumper. Charlie grew up learning the fruits and vegetables trade from his grandfather, the only reliable, dependent adult in his young life. All he ever wanted ...
Dear Jeffrey Archer,Your long novels suck but your short stories are amazing. Your long novels are boring but your short stories are interesting.I always found the twists in your long novels intolerable but the ones in your short stories, you guessed it, were witty and fantabulous.To conclude, p...
As far as memory serves this is the first Jeffrey Archer I have read. I am a lover of the short story form and so when a friend, who is a big fan of ex-Lord Archer, lent it to me it seemed a good place to begin as it would be a win-win. If I liked his style of writing then I could throroughly enj...
771 - 2013Sebenarnya... agak boring sih dibandingkan dua buku sebelumnya. Tapi dengan buku ini kita jadi bisa membandingkan kondisi-kondisi penjara di Inggris untuk terpidana kategori A sampai D.Di buku ini Jeffrey Archer menceritakan pengalamannya selama berada di penjara terbuka North Sea Camp,...
Available only in Bangalore. The book is in good condition.
What did I think of this novel? In a simple line- a perfect entertainer. No, it certainly isn't one of Jeffrey Archer's best novels. No, it isn't as classy as "Kane and Abel". No, it isn't without its flaws. But, unless you are an avid hater of drama-thrillers, I can assure you, you will find it ...
With such a clear allusion to the dysfunctional brothers in Genesis, we were intrigued. Would the Able character in Jeffrey Archer’s novel suffer a cruel fate at the hands of his brother? Does the title even refer to a pair of brothers? Does the title even refer to people? Is Jeffery Archer e...
paling suka cerita mengenai Mark yang ga niat kuliah, pengen hidup nyantai sambil kerja di pabrik ban mobil seperti bapaknya. tapi si bapak yang sudah berusaha keras agar anaknya mendapatkan kehidupan yang lebih baik menyuruh Mark untuk bekerja di restoran selama liburan. dari tukang cuci piring ...
765 - 2013Bagian 2 dari trilogi menghitung hari-nya Jeffrey Archer, di mana ia naik kelas dari maximum security prison (tempat para pembunuh, penjual narkoba dan terpidana seumur hidup) ke kelas yang lebih mendingan, sambil menunggu ditransfer ke tempat yang lebih nyaman: penjara terbuka (heaven)...
Finished reading: October 21st 2014 “Adam took one hand off the handlebars and fingered the envelope in his inside pocket like a schoolboy the day before his birthday feeling the shape of a present in the hope of discovering some clue as to its contents.”(view spoiler)[This book was recommended ...
This is a story about four very driven characters competing in the British political environment from 1964 - 1991, all aspiring to be Prime Minister one day:Charles Seymour (Viscount)- an Eton/Oxford graduate born to money and banking - obviously a Tory (Conservative) but also an aristocratic, ar...
اول قراءاتى لجيفرى آرتشر الذى اعجبت به منذ قرأت سيرته الذاتية الموجزة التى ذكرها ف مقدمة ذلك الكتاب حيث أشار إلى إنه استوحى قصص ذلك الكتاب من فترة وجوده بالسجنلم تعجبنى كل القصص فقد تراوحت جمالها وروعتها الادبية بين ممتاز وجيد ومتوسط .. جاءت اكثر القصص جمالا " الرجل الذى سرق مكتب بريده " العنوان...
I do not rate Jeffery Archer as a great author, but he is a great story teller. His book The Eleventh Commandment had been taking up shelf space for years, so I decided to read it and then give it away to the local charity shop. That way it would no longer take up room in my book case.Jeffrey How...
أكشن / إنجليزيوليس كل ما هو إنجليزيا أمريكيالم تكن "الطلعة الأولى" بالسهولة المتوقعة فيما يخص الأسلوب والمفردات اللغوية المستخدمه، ورويدا رويدا وباستمرار التوغل وصلت لحالة من الاعتياد والتأقلم، وبهذه المناسبة أشكر قاموسي العزيز الذي عانى معي ويلات تلك "الطلعة بمشاهد قصيرة تنتهي كل منها بنهايات مث...
'Shall We Tell The President' is something a bit different from Jeffrey Archer. Instead of his usual character-driven epics, we're treated to a lean, taut political thriller involving the potential assassination of US President Florentyna Kane. First, a clarification: 'Shall We Tell The President...
I listened to the book on CD version of this title. At first, it took some getting used to the particular accent of Desmond Tutu, the narrator. But I would say that after a minute or two I had adjusted to his cadences and diction. In fact, by the end of this book, I would say that he was the p...
While Archer’s The Fourth Estate is a blatant fictionalisation of the careers of Rupert Murdoch and Robert Maxwell, it’s nevertheless dramatic and interesting, and an intriguing look into what can be a very shady world.Townsend and Armstrong (as Murdoch and Maxwell are rechristened) are built up ...
(2.5 stars)I quite enjoyed Jeffrey Archer as a teenager, so thought I should revisit this volume to see whether the writing holds up at all as an adult. It's a collection of short stories, all of which contain a twist. While twist fiction is generally held to be a little hackneyed these days, it'...
As a friend very rightly put it…’A Prisoner of Birth’ has all the makings of a Bollywood Masala Movie.Danny Cartwright, a humble East-End mechanic has just proposed to his childhood sweet heart Beth. He decides to celebrate by treating his fiancée and best-friend Bernie Wilson (who also happens t...
At last the Germans had done something worthwhile. A U-boat commander had single-handedly solved his biggest problem. Hugo began to believe it might even be possible that, given time, he could return to Bristol and resume his place as deputy chairman of the Barrington Shipping Line. He would begi...
Neither of them would have believed it possible five years before, when they had first arrived in America as. political refugees. But since he had begun a new life in the States, Hamid was beginning to think anything might be possible. “When will you be coming home, Papa?” asked Nadim, who was st...
Woken by the Alsatians at 6 am. Should have been up in any case. Write for two hours. 8.00 am Breakfast. Rice Krispies, long-life milk and an orange. 10.00 am Avoid the workshop. It’s not compulsory to do more than three sessions a week. Continue writing. 12 noon Turn on cricket to hear CMJ telli...
“It must have been around six o’clock, inspector,” said Sloane. “And what time was your appointment with Mr. Hardcastle?” “Five. We always met at five on the last Friday of the month, to go over my department’s figures.” “And when you left him, did he seem in good spirits?” “Never better,” said S...
‘From the President of Colombia himself. He thanked me personally for “the role I played in his election”.’ ‘That’s hardly proof,’ Helen Dexter said, showing no sign of emotion. ‘Are you doubting my word?’ The President made no attempt to hide his anger. ‘Certainly not, Mr President,’ said Dexter...
Ten minutes after he had called room service the waiter arrived with a trolley laden with a half grapefruit, bacon and eggs, toast, steaming black coffee, a copy of the previous day’s Wall Street Journal, and the morning’s edition of The Times, Financial Times and International Herald Tribune. Ha...
As it’s Wednesday, you have to change your sheets, blankets and towels after supper, so I was too preoccupied to go in search of him. Darren popped in while I was making up my bed to attach nine small mirrors to the wall using prison toothpaste as an adhesive. Regulations allow you only one five-...
He’s handed in his keys, handcuffs, whistle, torch, identity card and everything else that denoted his position of authority. An experience he obviously didn’t enjoy. He jokes about suddenly becoming aware of afternoon television, and endless advertisements for comfortable chairs that move with t...
Without informing her father, she had employed a new butler and housekeeper and returned to her old way of life. £14,000 might have seemed like a lot of money at the time, but that was before she checked her recent dress account, spent a month at the Excelsior Hotel in Tenerife with a totally uns...
After all, my memory of our last meeting wasn’t altogether a happy one. I had been invited to the Keswicks for dinner, and like all good hostesses, Kathy Keswick considered it nothing less than her duty to pair off any surviving bachelor over the age of thirty with one of ...
It was late on a Friday afternoon, and Henry rather hoped that Bill was calling to suggest a round of golf on Saturday morning, or perhaps with an invitation to join him and his wife Sue for lunch on Sunday. But the moment he heard the voice on the other end of the line, he knew the call was of a...
Percy's grandfather, Lord Clarence Forsdyke, had been Governor General of the Sudan, while his father, Sir Arthur Forsdyke KCMG, had been our man in Mesopotamia. So, naturally, great things were expected of young Percy. Within hours of entering this world, he had been put down for the Dragon prep...
Morning. When the audience take their seats, there is no curtain. The stage is dark, but at the front is a door marked JURY ROOM. On the wall is a clock showing 9.45 a.m. When the house lights go down, the door opens and the Jury Bailiff steps through it and addresses the audience. Jury Bailiff G...
Sue quickly set about teaching Chris how to prepare the right ingredients to make the finest batter. If it was that easy, she kept reminding him, there wouldn’t be a queue outside one chippy while a rival a few yards up the road remained empty. It was some weeks before Chris could guarantee his c...
She stirred but didn’t wake as Scott began to run a solitary finger down her spine. He couldn’t wait for her to open her eyes and revive his memories of the previous night. When Scott had, in those early days, watched Hannah walking from the Jordanian Embassy, dressed in those drab clothes so obv...
He didn’t like what he saw. First he removed the teeth, then began to click his own up and down: he had been warned that the gums would ache for days. Then painstakingly he shed each layer of his bulbous nose, admiring the skill and artistry that had gone into creating such a monstrosity. It will...
Florentyna enjoyed having the children around her for the festivities and quickly they recharged all her human batteries. William, nearly fifteen, was already talking about going to Harvard and spent every afternoon poring over math books that even Richard didn’t understand. Annabel spent most of...
Geoffrey Young replied.“Do you have anyone in mind?” asked the secretary of the Royal Geographical Society.“Yes,” said Young firmly, not wishing to divulge their names.“Then perhaps you’d better have a word with both of them,” said Hinks. “And in the strictest confidence, because unless the Dalai...
He briefly considered resigning from Kane and Cabot, but Matthew convinced him that it would serve no purpose and, in any case, his father would not have approved. Matthew appeared to take his friend’s defeat even harder than William. Twice in the following week he arrived at the bank with the ob...
Gian Lorenzo Venici had been a diligent child since his first roll call at the age of five, whereas Paolo Castelli somehow managed always to be late, even for his first roll call. Gian Lorenzo felt at home in the classroom with books, essays and exams, where he outshone hi...