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whose literary merit i
sationalism and pulpines
The novel, by Paul
ingredients for being a 1
breakneck speed, romanc
good measure), moment
The fact that the book i
serious topic does not hu
novel proposes that the
devastating economic <
worried many people foi
What is new in the boo!
arrive in such sad shape
1979. The entire book is
preceded by an arrangen
the United States that all
Saudis to the teeth in ex
mention the behind-the
madman, the Shah of In
The Shah is one of seve
intermingled with the fict
Arabia and Sheik Ahme
Arabia contribute to wh
book's "eerie believabilit;
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jestseller: a plot that moves al
:e vwun a mue sex tnrown in foi
s of suspense and high drama,
deals with a lively and yet very
rt its selling power, either. TTic
! world is headed for a long
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? via a stock market crash in
one long doomsday scenario,
lent between Saudi Arabia and
lows the Americans to arm the
;change for all their oil, not to
scenes manipulations of that
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ional ones. King Khalid of Saudi
d Zaki Yam ani, also of Saudi
at "Time" magazine calls the
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epidemic proportions
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dreaded disease, a
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and author of Shyne?
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course. Not only is he a rut
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Semite. The view fits in pe
i animosity toward the Shah,
The presence of the Shah
book goes hand in hand with
the world is controlled and \
handful of plutocrats. Whe
power, and people like th<
world's leading oil comDf
r national elections as havin
> deed, the President of the Ui
, pathetic buffoon, a mistake
i the American masses, and
intelligent. They only floun
The narrator of this tale i
hero among a host of papei
He is a witty, handsome,
American banker in his fori
between the Americans an
He has been employed b
consultant, but must watch
as the Shah's seizure of the
'79 pass him by. Somehow 1
able to record conversatioi
three thousand miles apart
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expect a literary masterpiei
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same.
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hless megalomaniac who does
2t of using nuclear weapons in
; and re-establish the Persian
ty old man and a vicious antiirfectly
with the rising tide of
both in Iran and abroad.
and other world figures in the
? an important premise ? that
vorld events manipulated by a
re the money is, there is the
s Shah and the heads of the
inies regard such things as
g little or no importance. In^
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nuea siaies is seen as a rather
heaved up and into office by
his cabinet is not much more |
der in office.
s Bill Hitchcock, a paper-thin
'-thin characters in this book.
rich, intelligent, sex-crazed
ties who helps set up the deal
d the Saudis.
y the Saudi government as a
helplessly while events such
Persian Gulf and the crash of
le is nearly omniscient, being
is carried on simultaneously
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personality is not V
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f-esteem is em- especially int<
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