Take a photo of a barcode or cover
citizen_noir 's review for:
The Kill Artist
by Daniel Silva
None other than James Ellroy, one of my favorite living authors, has been crowing about the quality of Daniel Silva's Gabriel Allon series.
In the New York Times "By the Book" column, Ellroy manages to trash William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy as cats he "doesn't dig," while effusively praising best-selling spy novelist, Daniel Silva as "gooooooood." It's a hilarious column, if you're so inclined: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/books/review/by-the-book-james-ellroy.html
Based solely on that recommendation, I picked up the first Gabriel Allon, THE KILL ARTIST, and have to say that it is indeed good - though I'd shorten the praise by about six o's. The book is well written and well paced. The character of Allon - a restorer of old master paintings and a coldly effective Israeli hitman - is entertaining. I liked the book enough that I've put the second one on hold at DCPL.
In the New York Times "By the Book" column, Ellroy manages to trash William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy as cats he "doesn't dig," while effusively praising best-selling spy novelist, Daniel Silva as "gooooooood." It's a hilarious column, if you're so inclined: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/books/review/by-the-book-james-ellroy.html
Based solely on that recommendation, I picked up the first Gabriel Allon, THE KILL ARTIST, and have to say that it is indeed good - though I'd shorten the praise by about six o's. The book is well written and well paced. The character of Allon - a restorer of old master paintings and a coldly effective Israeli hitman - is entertaining. I liked the book enough that I've put the second one on hold at DCPL.