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Frederick Forsyth

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  • 09-07-2003 1:54am
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    Goldberg
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    Not quite literature but anyone ever read his books?

    The undisputed king of the thriller IMO. Nearly read the whole bunch at this stage.


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    nesf
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    I've read a couple, not really my cup of tea, but I was glad of them when I got them.

    (I got them in an airport bookshop, to pass away a 2 hour delay in my flight)


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    Goldberg
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    They are truly unoutdownable.


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    Mythago
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    They are truly unoutdownable

    wha!?

    Read a few of his books..... good quick reads that are almost immediately forgotten! Paraphrased Dogs of War for my LC mocks a good few years ago & was given a C1 & told the plot was way too far fetched!


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    sceptre
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    Read them all up to the Negotiator. Haven't read any since. All fairly unputdownable all right.

    I've a letter here from Forsyth somewhere actually - when I was 12 or so I read one of his books (can't remember which one) and noticed a historical error in one of them (the guy is usually spot on with dates) & wrote him a note along the lines of "I know you're usually spot on with these things but...". Got a nice letter back complimenting me for being the first person to point it out in the 18 years since the book was published (which was probably true as it was something to do with a date in reference to Perón getting overthrown in Argentina the first time). Probably thought I was some weirdo (which may have been true), still nice of the chap to write back.

    Amazingly I must have been more anal-retentive when I was 12 than I am now, 16 or so years later. Frightening thought.


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