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sigfreund
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In the other thread you mentioned that the last Gabriel Allon book you read was very leftist and antireligion. Which book was that?
(Thanks for your comment, BTW, but I didn't want to drift that discussion any further.)



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In the other thread you mentioned that the last Gabriel Allon book you read was very leftist and antireligion. Which book was that?
(Thanks for your comment, BTW, but I didn't want to drift that discussion any further.)


I'm sorry, I edited the other post before I read this one. The book is "The Order". Up to that point I thought all his books featuring Allon were excellent. The best may have been an early one, "The English Assassin". At least that was one of my favorites.
 
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Thank you.

I am only up to book 11, Portrait of a Spy. Unfortunately, in my experience it’s not uncommon for authors of an extensive series of books to go off the rails at some point, or at least start delving in previously-untouched topics. I can only imagine how difficult it must be to keep thinking of something fresh for the next issue and it then often shows sooner or later.



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It was The Order that led me to stop reading Silva's books. I considered it a personal attack on Trump--very thinly veiled, if at all.
I thoroughly enjoyed every book up to that point, in fact found them fascinating, as the long reading list shows.


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It was The Order that led me to stop reading Silva's books. I considered it a personal attack on Trump--very thinly veiled, if at all.
I thoroughly enjoyed every book up to that point, in fact found them fascinating, as the long reading list shows.


I recall reading it and quickly looking at the Copyright date to confirm and document a severe case of TDS.
 
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