Damascus Gate
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.32 (798 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00AK32KJG |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This career skeptic prides himself on his detachment: he prefers the kind of story "that exposed depravity and duplicity on both sides of supposedly uncompromising sacred struggles. In his earlier novels, Robert Stone has taken us to such hot spots as Vietnam, Central America, and that ultimate sinkhole of depravity we call Hollywood. Given Stone's gift for depicting both political and personal embroilment--indeed, for making the two inextricable--this particular city is an inspired choice. And as he's slowly drawn into a terrorist plot--which involves drugs, arms smuggling, and a plan to blow up the Temple Mount--Lucas sheds his detachment in a hurry. This time around, it's Jerusalem. For starters, Jerusalem remains a sacred destination for Muslims, Jews, and Christians and a hotly c
On the cusp of the millennium, Jerusalem has become a battleground in the race for redemption. American journalist Christopher Lucas is investigating religious fanatics when he discovers a plot to bomb the sacred Temple Mount. Ambitious, passionate, darkly comic, Damascus Gate is not only Robert Stone's biggest and best novel to date, but a timely and brilliant story of belief, power, salvation, and apocalypse.. A violent confrontation in the Gaza Strip, a race through riot-filled streets, a cat-and-mouse game in an underground maze -- as Lucas follows his leads, he uncovers an attempt to s
Interesting, but ultimately sloppy work A Customer Stone tells an interesting story, but ultimately leaves lots of loose threads. Characters are never developed fully, and even the main character, Chris Lucas, remains something of a cipher-- we learn about him at age 10, but that's it-- nothing to fill us in on where he's at. Stone knows the Arab Old City very well, but his descriptions of the rest of the city, and of the rest of Israel are sparse and sound like they were written after con. "Not recommended" according to A Customer. I was very disappointed. This is an immensely talented author. But the book is boring, the worst sin in a novel, and though the setting is well-drawn, I have seen Jerusalem depicted even better in William bayer's PATTERN CRIMES, now out of print. In the end this is a well-written, intellectual novel with characters one doesn't care about. Sad, since this author's novel set in Central America, Red Flag At Sunrise, is a great book!. As good as I'd heard Michael Moore This was good stuff. I am a Stone reader but usually do not pass his books along to my friends for fear of depressing them too much. The Bear and his Daughter is an excellent example. I liked Damascus Gate and the questions pondered. Lucas is a typical disaffected Stone character who is just a tad less jaded than most of Stone's creations. There are many characters to follow but Stone keeps them all memorable and all interesting. So far th