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Title: Word of Honor by Nelson DeMille ISBN: 0-446-30158-2 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1987 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (73 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: DeMille Delivers
Comment: Nelson DeMille knows of what he writes. As a Lt. in the service in Nam and a keen human observer--we are given over 700 pages that draw us into a world we Americans sometimes do not like to revisit.
The central character, Ben Tyson, is a modern day commuter with a cushy job in NY, a family out in the 'burbs and a sense of honor that is about to be tested to the inth degree. Somone has written a well selling book about the atrocities at Hue. The author's two witnesses have made Ben Tyson culpable for his unit's macabre killing behavior at a French hospital during the war. And now the government plans to make him their scape goat.
After 20 years of living with the past, the truth starts to come out. Slowly, in stages, as DeMille builds the tension with episodes between Tyson's wife, his lawyer, his reunion with his men, the author who revealed his secrets, and a cout-martial trial.
I always appreciate DeMille's well researched novels. Mixing actual events with fiction using humor and pathos is his baliwick. Characters you want to know and dialogue that snaps.
A moving read of war, adventure, and trust.
Rating: 5
Summary: Demille At His Best!
Comment: This book brings out everything that a Demille fan expects from him: great story line, page-turning intrigue, and most importantly, Demille's own inimitable sardonic dialogue that is unmatched by any author. If you liked John Cory in Plum Island and Lion's Game (which any Demille fan does), then you'll really appreciate Ben Tyson in this one. Even better, he gets a sidekick (his attorney) who's just as bad/good as he is.
The story is built well, providing ample, but not too lengthy background of the main story - a civilian murder in Vietnam. This is NOT, however a Vietnam War story as much as it is a trial of an upwardly mobile family man from New York. AS you move through the book, you will find the pages turning faster adn faster, especially the last 100 pages.
Plum Island was my favorite until this read. Truly excellent!
Rating: 5
Summary: My favorite Demille
Comment: This is a fantastic novel, the characters are practically three dimensional. Demille really knows how to write. This is a good book for a vacation, it's exciting yet has some depth to it, it's not just a pure thriller that moves along at the speed of light.
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Title: By the Rivers of Babylon by Nelson DeMille ISBN: 0446358592 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Charm School by Nelson DeMille ISBN: 0446353205 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Talbot Odyssey by Nelson DeMille ISBN: 0446358584 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Cathedral by Nelson DeMille ISBN: 0446358576 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Gold Coast by Nelson DeMille ISBN: 0446360856 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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