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Robin Cook's latest plot--the threat of an anthrax [bacterium] turned loose in a New York government building and in Central Park--is ripped straight from the headlines, and as such it may be charitably described as having a certain lumpish quality in the prose and an overabundance of cuteness in the lead characters.
Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery, the dueling forensic pathologists who bounced off each other in Cook's Chromosome 6, collide and combine once again as a mad Russian cabdriver, who used to work in a Moscow bioweapons factory, comes up with a plan to punish America for not welcoming him with open arms. The cabby forms an unlikely alliance with two firemen who happen to be white supremacists; they fund his anthrax research to further their own lunatic schemes.
Cook is, as ever, best at creating scenes of perfectly realized medical terror which plug into the paranoia of the moment. But if you want deep characters and sensitive description, read Fay Weldon.
Robin Cook's latest plot--the threat of an anthrax [bacterium] turned loose in a New York government building and in Central Park--is ripped straight from the headlines, and as such it may be charitably described as having a certain lumpish quality in the prose and an overabundance of cuteness in the lead characters.
Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery, the dueling forensic pathologists who bounced off each other in Cook's Chromosome 6, collide and combine once again as a mad Russian cabdriver, who used to work in a Moscow bioweapons factory, comes up with a plan to punish America for not welcoming him with open arms. The cabby forms an unlikely alliance with two firemen who happen to be white supremacists; they fund his anthrax research to further their own lunatic schemes.
Cook is, as ever, best at creating scenes of perfectly realized medical terror which plug into the paranoia of the moment. But if you want deep characters and sensitive description, read Fay Weldon.
Picked out of BigJohnLefty's audio bookbox.
I've read a few Robin Cook and have enjoyed them as pot-boilers :)
I've never listened to one though, so this should be fun.
I've read a few Robin Cook and have enjoyed them as pot-boilers :)
I've never listened to one though, so this should be fun.
I enjoyed this audiobook - I actually listened to it a couple times as I drive a lot and enjoy audiobooks in my van. Anyways, it has been on my shelf for waaaaaayyyyy too long so I am sending it off to the winner of Smurphie's Audiobook Sweepstakes. I hope she likes it!
Thank you so much. I've never read or listened to anything by this author, but I am looking forward to experiencing his work for the first time. Your generosity is humbling - the bookmarks will get a lot of use!
I enjoyed this, though I did find parts of it somewhat predictable. However, the twist at the end was quite unexpected!
Journal Entry 6 by Catwoman at CAPS 2-100 SUB (table by copier) in Edmonton, Alberta Canada on Sunday, October 23, 2011
Released 11 yrs ago (10/24/2011 UTC) at CAPS 2-100 SUB (table by copier) in Edmonton, Alberta Canada
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Hope whomever finds this will enjoy it.
