Тень над Вавилоном

From Publishers Weekly
Mason's suspenseful debut depicts the international repercussions of a British securities expert's attempt to assassinate Saddam Hussein.
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From Library Journal
A British businessman is approached in 1991 with a bizarre request: Would he assassinate Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein? The British government cannot be involved; the affair must be a "private venture." Suitable capital for the task will be provided, and rewards are promised. The businessman agrees and proceeds to hire a security consultant, who finds operatives, devises a plan, and begins work. Eventually, he is successful in killing Hussein, and then the inevitable plot twist occurs. Although Mason has plugged into a popular fantasy and provided a plan of satisfactory intricacy, this first novel doesn't have much feel for dialog or motivation. Moreover, it plays unfairly with the reader and has ludicrously awful sex scenes. A low-priority purchase; some libraries with large budgets may be interested. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 7/93.
- Edwin B. Bur gess, U.S. Army TRALINET Ctr., Fort Monroe, Va.
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