![]() Urn:lcp:sascontrepkk0000vill:lcpdf:4b1d6411-35d7-406d-aa5d-3239262a47bc Foldoutcount 0 Identifier sascontrepkk0000vill Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t7hr3mp9v Invoice 1652 Isbn 2842670795 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang fr Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9450 Ocr_module_version 0.0.6 Ocr_parameters -l fra Old_pallet IA19864 Openlibrary_edition I enjoyed this book.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 07:15:03 Boxid IA1998403 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier However, the Hollywood duality of good guy/bad guy would ruin what is a story with no heroes, unprincipled and pragmatic players including Malko Linge. This book is crying out for a screenplay and a movie. A Frenchman has written a novel that, without the intention, shows us how our narrow, insular, and ignorant view of what would transpire in post-Qadaffi Libya brought us to the current tinderbox situation. From a foreign policy standpoint, Benghazi is now a place fraught with emotional meaning for Americans. The characters are well drawn, the descriptions of Libya, everyday life and relationships in Egypt and Libya, and the descriptions of militia operations in a lawless Libya are eye-opening. ![]() ![]() Review 2: Gerard de Villiers, who died in 2013, published over 100 novels, and his character Malko Linge is widely known in Germany, France, Russia and Japan. The Malko Linge books have sold millions of copies in France. Villiers is widely cited for his politically astute plots, and his knowledge of spy craft, but there's nothing here that you couldn't find out flipping through back issues of Time magazine. more t man work to wealthy, oversexed Austrian playboys. Yes, the C.I.A.apparently spends a lot of money subcontracting bodyguard/hi. ![]() Gerard de Villiers is often referred to as the "French Ian Fleming" (talk about damning with faint praise.)""The Madmen of Benghazi" follows his Bond light stand in, Malko Linge, as he heads to Egypt to protect a wealthy Libyan prince for the C.I.A. That's what "The Madmen of Benghazi" reminds me of. ![]() Because of the terrible, terrrible writing. Review 1: Remeber when you were 12, and you heard that Harold Robbins wrote "dirty" books, and then you found a copy of "The Carpetbaggers" at a yard sale for a quarter? You hid it in your book bag, rode your bike home and then waited until your parents were asleep before you read it And when you did you were SO embarassed.Not because of the constant gratuitous sex. ![]()
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