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The Ghost | 
| Author: Robert Harris
Publisher: Hutchinson
Category: Book
List Price: £12.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  106 reviews
Sales Rank: 86151
Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0091796245
EAN: 9780091796242
ASIN: 0091796245
Publication Date: March 6, 2008
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Condition: Unwanted gift as a previous copy was already owned. Unopened.
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 A ripping yarn January 5, 2009
I bought this for my xmas 2008 escape read and was not disappointed. The book is written in the first person with the narrator being the fictional author of the book. It's a political thriller with the CIA, MI6, and the events of Gulf war in relation to decisions taken by the main character the now retired former British Prime Minister (named Adam Laing)who in effect represents a retired Tony Blair. The story is set against the background of Mr Laings memoirs where the rights have been sold, publication is imminent but the ghost writer has washed up dead from a presumed suicide. The narrator is brought in by the anxious and very generous publisher to replace the originally appointed ghost writer. His brief is quite simple finish the book ASAP. The opening line sets the scene nicely "The moment I heard how McAra died I should have walked away". From then on the book moves along at fair pace with great humour, intrigue and a nice examintion of the special relationship between the UK and USA. If you like a good yarn and are not too paranoid this is a great story.
 Is this actually by Harris? December 18, 2008
I've read all of Harris's fiction and he's a great storyteller. Fatherland, Imperium and Archangel are highlights. I can't believe he hasn't used a ghostwriter for this to see what the audience thinks. It's just terrible writing - dull, characterless and pretty pointless. When the "twist" was revealed I just thought, "who cares". No more like this please - let's have the real Robert Harris back!
 Very enjoyable, just about plausible read December 15, 2008
The thing I really liked about this book was the way it took the voice of a cynical hack and made the reader care for this, in many ways, unpleasant man. It is a sign of real skill in the writer that such a character can become someone we care about.
The story - a former PM based very closely on Blair writing his memoirs - covers a large amount of political dirt. It's an engrossing read, and the friend who recommended it to me said she was amazed they weren't sued. So was I.
An excellent read.
 Highly implausable December 6, 2008
This book was simply a poorly written book with an implausable plot. Read the reviews to see what it is about, but don't bother reading the book unless you are an out and out fan of Harris.
desperately disappointing November 16, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Compared to the mastery of Robert Harris' other work - of which I am a huge fan, this is a dreadful, dull, uninspiring, completely unbelievable read. What a waste of time!
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