Absolute Power

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Inequality: the Basis of society. We combined and put things in common to protect the weak against the strong.”

A] sizzler of a first novel.... Baldacci doesn't peer too deeply into his characters' souls, and his prose is merely functional...but he's also a first-rate storyteller who grabs readers by their lapels right away and won't let go. At the sound of the explosion, the playing stopped as three pairs of eyes turned as one toward the house. In another minute they were inside. It only took one more minute for the screams to be heard. The quiet neighborhood was no more. In ceea ce priveste actiunea, il avem in prim plan pe Luther Whitney, care are 66 de ani si a fost hot toata viata lui. Deviza sa este sa fure numai de la cei care-si pot permite sa piarda ceea ce sustrage el. Fusese de 3 ori inchis si dorea sa dea o ultima lovitura care sa-l trimita undeva, intr-o tara calda cu palmieri. A pus asadar ochii pe un conac imens pe care a decis sa-l praduiasca. What do you think was Luther’s motivation? He could have sent the letter opener anonymously to a news agency, but he doesn’t. Instead he is set on a personal vendetta. Why do think this is so?

All partisanship depends on concealment. Mere strong language and special pleading take in nobody.” David Baldacci has been writing since childhood, when his mother gave him a lined notebook in which to write down his stories. (Much later, when David thanked her for being the spark that ignited his writing career, she revealed that she’d given him the notebook to keep him quiet, "because every mom needs a break now and then.”) An amazingly intricate and ambitious first novel - ten years in the making - that puts an engrossing new spin on the traditional haunted-house tale. Questions courtesy of Angela Scott. Please feel free to use them, online of off, with attribution to Angela and LitLovers. Thanks.)

Avem asadar de a face cu un roman foarte bine scris, complex, cu o intriga politista captivanta si interesanta, capabila sa mentina interesul cititorului pe termen lung. Baldacci este intr-adevar un maestru al thrillerului. Maslin, Janet (February 14, 1997). "Absolute Power: A Whole New Meaning for Executive Privilege". The New York Times . Retrieved March 13, 2012. It has been a long time since I got this into a political thriller. It has a very good plot that drew me in right away and kept me interested throughout. If I had any complaints it might be that the resolution felt sudden and a bit convenient without the same height of intensity as the rest of the book, but still better than a lot of endings I have read. The story is mid-90s so some things might feel a bit dated, but not distractingly so. Example is of the first importance in politics, because political calculations are so complex that we cannot trust theory, if we cannot support it by experience.” His final work was a collaboration with the comedian Steve Punt on the four-part series, His Master's Voice (BBC Radio Four, 2007), set in the offices of a fictional Conservative magazine, which was produced by Dawn Ellis.The fictional answer to this question has set the literary world on fire and transformed David Baldacci into a household name and overnight success. Bureaucracy tries to establish so many administrative maxims that the minister is as narrowly controlled and guided as the judge.” A lifelong Virginian, David is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia School of Law. This was first book Baldacci wrote and the second of his that I read. He definitely started off on a high note! I did not care much for the other one I listened to (Memory Man – and I think the audio had something to do with that). I am planning to try more by him, but I am hoping that it isn’t a case of him starting with his best and it is all downhill from here!