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| The Afghan | 
 enlarge | Author: Frederick Forsyth
Publisher: Corgi Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 14820
Media: Paperback
Edition: New title
Pages: 464
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.5
ISBN: 0552155047
EAN: 9780552155045
ASIN: 0552155047
Publication Date: August 13, 2007
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Again well researched but well short of authors best, July 30, 2008
Frederick Forsyth's novels are extremely well researched and give the reader a fairly accurate and interesting account of history and the world of covert operations and war. However the plot and characters in this novel are not as interesting or convincing as his previous novels. There is also one coincidence that is so outrageous that you feel like throwing the book at the wall. Read his other books first as I would hate you to think that this books standard is all what the author is capable of.
 one of the millions of the same book July 22, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am fed up of the Muslim terrorist blowing up some places. Very bias book with lots of argumentative informations. What has happened to the creativity of Forsyth. Has he lost his touch? Dont waste your time with this one.
Ridiculous plot coincidence ruins book... July 11, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was quite enjoying this book despite, as has been mentioned in other reviews, the virtual "disappearance" of the lead character half way through the book, then all of a sudden an event occurs with a crashed fighter jet which is so unlikely and improbable that it completely ruins the whole book.
I will now describe this moment so if you do not want the any plot details revealed stop reading but I feel I must point it out -
We are expected to believe a fighter jet just happened to malfunction (due to an engineer leaving a spanner somewhere on the jet by accident) at the time it just happened to be flying directly over a secret bunker, just happened to destroy part of it and kill some of the agents, just happened to destroy the wall where the prisoner was held and just happened to give him a chance to escape...what a load of nonsense. The chances of this happening are so remote that it really is beyond ridiculous.
How intelligent critics who are paid to review books can look past this ludicrous plot moment I fail to understand. I can`t bring myself to read any more of this terrible book so would advise anyone else not to bother unless you want quite good background information on the situation in Afghanistan, as this has ruined the book for me completely.
Not finished - probably won't continue. June 6, 2008
The premise of this novel sounds good and the first chapter was interesting - typically Forsyth. I don't mind his slow-cooker approach to storytelling.
However, I have read 2 chapters, and I started to smell a rat during the 2nd chapter, and her comes a Spoiler......................
FF has taken 2 major characters from "The Fist of God" and transferred them lock, stock and names from one story to another. It is 10 years since I read FoG, but I can remember the pivotal passage at the same stage in the book.
Its lazy and unnecessary. Don't write the book by copying strong elements of a previous one, however good the story.
It is not a sequel. It could be an excellent book, just feel a bit cheated and I stopped reading Jack Higgins for the same reasons.
Average I'm Afraid June 5, 2008
I'm a huge, huge fan but felt a little let down by this one.
It starts off really well and includes one of his best characters but unfortunately the potential of the early stages does not develop well and the ending is weak.
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