The Bourne Supremacy
3 journalers for this copy...
Clearing space on my bookshelves... hope someone will enjoy reading this thriller.
Book to be released at the September 13 meeting of the TriValley book crossings group in Dublin, California
Book to be released at the September 13 meeting of the TriValley book crossings group in Dublin, California
The cover art on this copy is much better. I'm looking forward to reading it!
Reserved for wizzbiz.
Reserved for wizzbiz.
While I have to admit to finding the book a little too long I did enjoy it more than the recent film of the same name. The film takes what had happened to David Webb's first wife as the starting point to remove Marie from the film so he can go rogue and go back to Europe to replay the "best of" scenes for the first film. That is not what happens in this book (thank goodness!)
The Bourne Supremacy was published in 1986 and so the story centers around the cold war politics of the pre return of Honk Kong to the People's Republic of China. While MI6, the CIA and the PRC are at odds trying to twart a plot by local cartel to take control of Hong Kong, David Webb is tricked into reviving Jason Bourne to both save Marie (who it turns out, doesn't need saving) and his reputation (another killer is pretending to be Bourne) he must do it at the risk of his sanity. The plot suffers sometimes from too many tangents where each of the factions have their few pages. It would have been a tighter plot had the book just stuck with David Webb/Jason Bourne, Marie Webb and let the other characters have their scenes when directly relevant to the two main characters.
The Bourne Supremacy was published in 1986 and so the story centers around the cold war politics of the pre return of Honk Kong to the People's Republic of China. While MI6, the CIA and the PRC are at odds trying to twart a plot by local cartel to take control of Hong Kong, David Webb is tricked into reviving Jason Bourne to both save Marie (who it turns out, doesn't need saving) and his reputation (another killer is pretending to be Bourne) he must do it at the risk of his sanity. The plot suffers sometimes from too many tangents where each of the factions have their few pages. It would have been a tighter plot had the book just stuck with David Webb/Jason Bourne, Marie Webb and let the other characters have their scenes when directly relevant to the two main characters.
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RABCKing to wizzbiz.
RABCKing to wizzbiz.
Thank you. A welcome sight on the mat this morning! It may take me a while to read, but i promise it will happen and it will be re-released...
I will probably read these in order, i have all three now (I think there are only 3!), so i'll have a nice trilogy to get stuck in to.
Just trying to organise a trip to the USA, so its nice to get a gift from said area! Thank you again Caligula. Hope all is well...
I will probably read these in order, i have all three now (I think there are only 3!), so i'll have a nice trilogy to get stuck in to.
Just trying to organise a trip to the USA, so its nice to get a gift from said area! Thank you again Caligula. Hope all is well...
