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Dec 22, 2017cambridgedon rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I like Silva's bland titles which are so unlike Robert Ludlum's - understatement is the way to go. Salman Rushdie playing a game with Christopher Hitchens said if Ludlum wrote Hamlet it would be titled 'The Elsinore Vacillation.' About halfway through the novel, after all that Allon is put through you feel betrayed by Silva. But as you read on, Silva delivers a plot twist that slams you in the gut and takes your breath away.