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| The Afghan | 
 enlarge | Author: Frederick Forsyth
Publisher: Corgi Books
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 7507
Media: Paperback
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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| Customer Reviews:
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.
 Awesome! May 6, 2008
I'm a slow reader but this one I swallowed in three days (I'm not a native English-speaker either). Really well researched book, well referenced to the real-life activities of the MI5 @ CIA. Highly recommended to anyone who likes spy/counter-terrorism thrillers!
Tailed off at the end February 29, 2008
I did enjoy this book, good story but tailed off in the latter stages and the ending was weak
 A worthy Forsyth book February 18, 2008
I am quite surprised that so many other people did not like this book.
I admit, it isn't as good as "The fist of God" in which Forsyth's Mike Martin is also one of the main characters but it does follow the authors usual well researched, edge of the seat action which few who like and follow Forsyth's work will fail to enjoy.
You don't need to but I would recommend that you read "Fist of God" first and then this. You won't be disappointed.
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