Terrific novel from Forsyth, full of details and research that are totally convincing. I mean his depiction of female not so much - the horny 19 year old finishing school who just wants to be slapped on the arse, and the majority of Africans who are dumb savage simpletons - but all the stuff about setting up dummy companies, contacting people pre mobile phones, fake passports, buying arms and uniforms and boats... I was totally convinced and it was terrific. There's lots of mention of
It's a suspenseful tale and with a point - Cat Shannon is a three dimensional character who loves fighting but hates politics, has a secret cause... it's nihilistic and bleak and absolutely not flat "right wing".
There's terrific suspense stuff which from memory was foolishly cut from the film. A very good book.
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