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Lead Singer Bono marches holding a whit
of the drums. Suddenly, he climbs precarioi
backdrop carrying- the symbol of U2's 1983
up before the awed eyes of rock-and-roll spe
ned move. A dangerous solitary deed. It
without such thrills, people are saying that I
bands of 1983.
The band opens with majestic drumming i
exults, "This is Gloria " to the cheering cro
orado. He spouts out loud in Latin "Gloria
Exult Dei." The crowd chants along with t
boy. The result is soulful.
The Edge's strident guitar reverberates
precipe alit with three torches. The album co
sky cloaked about the gathered crowd.
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By Chris Handal
In "The Story of Henri Tod," readers are
presented another entertaining chapter in
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'* This novel marks the fifth Blackford
Oakes spy thriller by Buckley, who has
also written several non-fiction books and
is the publisher of the conservative National
Review magazine.
Each of Oakes' adventures have been
set against the backdrop of the cold war
between the U.S. and USSR and with
each adventure, the reader is presented
Buckley's thoughts on East-West relations.
THIS TIME Oakes, the Yale graduate
who now works for the CIA, finds himself
in West Berlin shortly before the construction
of the Berlin Wall.
Oakes' mission is to discover Soviet intentions
in the area, and in this capacity
he naefcts Henri Tod, a charismatic young
irtfrn who leads a group of German
dissidents known as the Bruderschaft.
_The action is complicated by a pair of
care-free East German lovers, one of
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0 leader of East Germany, and a plot by the
KGB to trap Tod by using bait it knows he
cannot resist.
Although "The Story of Henri Tod" is a
generally well-written and engaging
thriller, the novel is marred by several inconsistencies.
FIRST, A few chapters in the novel are
devoted to President John Kennedy's
lact' pro'
irry movie, "Sudden Impect."
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isly up to the high stage flurry <
tour, and hoists the flag "under
eta tors. It is an unplan- Year's
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the third person to first with r
transition:
"John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Oval Officii. He had one hou
would need to go upstairs to d
state dinner for what's-his-nar
hypocrite. Dulles told me
maybe forty, maybe fify millic
always poor-mouthing about 1
Second, early in the novel E
dialogue rather than narratio
readers of the situation betwe
West Germany in 1961, and th
Oakes asking the'stilted ques
know,' said Blackford, Ti
forgotten ? I was a student
Why did the Allies go along \
tion that East Germany was
country.'"
It is unlikley Oakes would n<
information, especially since i
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man trying to unify East anc
many.
THIRD, BUCKLEY is ca
some of his facts in the novel
Early in the novel, Claudia
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knows little about him. Later
though, she knows that his
leader of East Germany anc
constructed railway cars for i
Between the two scenes
nothing to indicate that Casj
Claudia more about himself.
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Day.
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ig than its polished studio version. This r
j with The Edge's staunch keyboards.
"I Will Follow," a song taken from "
ng primal in the melodic repetitions and
ith his rich tenor, emphatically sustains th
e is quick and driven. The lyrics are direct:4
en they pulled the four walls down I was 1
low I was lost I am found."
the only slow song in the track is from U!
album "War." The song is short, but its h
ronixing lyrics are easily remembered.
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Vest Berlin. Another fact inconsisten
itches from Oakes receives a photog
io reason or signed with the letter "
Oakes gives the same lett
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r before he Finally, on one page, th<
ress for the that only Bruni knows wl
ne, the little but on a later page someor
he's stolen talking with Bruni or Tod,
>n, and he is Oakes to Tod's residence,
lis people."
>uckley uses THESE ERRORS and
n to inform unfortunately detract fron
en East and tially a good spy story. Alt
lis results in ly told from Bucklev's con
ition: "'You of view, the novel does noi
ve actually dent track advocating Bui
at the time. the world.
vith the fic- And Oates is an unusual
a separate ly forced to choose befr
believes is right and what
for him to do.
at know this Also, the novel has the I
in the novel "Blackford interrogated F
vas to kill a solid hours. Rodino had be
1 West Ger- only under stress. (Blac
before he died, to meet on
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.rclcss with Hitler was terrific, though
wonderful philosophy of lif
i is thinking a manace to humankind. J
realizes she
in the novel Because of Oakes' <
uncle is the Buckley's special brand o
i his father Story of Henri Tod" sti
Vdolf Hitler. above average spy novel,
there was that depends so much
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tention to details in his ne
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den Impact'!* is the epitome of flashbacks. S{
il gooa-guy/bad-guy films ? tackers one at
:vail, even though it is often The attracti
ently unorthodox manner. victim who, 1
act," the latest of the Dirty through the 1<
epicts a legal systenj. befuddled ters into her <
ough which many 'despicable that Callahan
?ased. But the problems of deal- unusually stri
ystem are not the main focus of both intelligen
uggle between good and evil is, director, make
tampers rather than aids the ef- ly focusing on
allahan's quest f om justice. in her mind,
ed by Eastwood, is a San Fran- One of the
ector who, working alone, uses Parkins, play<
his superiors disapprove of to talking, crudc
fchese methods include kicking a outswear any
loor in a seedy bar, causing a plays her role
>rld figure to slump over a table vances to both
rt attack at his grandaughter's Callahan with
ion, and slamming a jeering Neenan, a reg
s been acquitted of a crime edy "Not Nec<
in instrumental in charging him her role as the
: wall in a court house elevator. rotten scum-ol
fCE of "Sudden Impact" is im- EASTWOOI
lied to cheer for Callahan from "Dirty Harry"
, as he violently battles, and plete with his g
s the vilest of these criminals. ing hair, leads
>se battles are entertaining, actually living
ihallerige is to solve a murder faced with gris
ely leads him to a small coastal Cinematogra
where similar murders occur. "Sudden Impa
fer Spencer, played by Sondra suggest an unc
sent in the later Eastwood the film. Lalo
ientity revealed near the begin- excitement wit
Spencer wants revenge for the Eastwood's
I rape of herself and heryounger entertaining n
me mentally ill after the inci- done it better.
>sence of livi
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minialbum. The The peak of the album mu
aped from their Sunday." Though Bono insists '
irica. It is called West German audience, this n<
heir song "New tional plea to end all human batl
ed cry and Larry Mullen's mili
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roves more ex- He later ponders:
nemorable song
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Tod lives, nflHf0iSS
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is able to take
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action
ipes are skillfully revealed through
ghtening and startlingly depicted
jencer tries to kill her former at;
a time.
ve Locke is ideal in her role as a
failing to see justice carried out
egal system, decides to take mat>wn
hands, much in the same way
i does. Her cool disposition and
king and unblinking eyes convey
ice and ruthlessness. Eastwood, as
;s use of these eyes by continuousthem
as she relives the rape scene
guilty sought by Spencer, Ray
id by Audrie Neenan, is a tough;
woman who can outdrink and
nf hpr malo appnmnlinoc Moonon
with fervor by waking sexual adi
men and women and by attacking
the fury of an offensive tackle,
ular on the Home Box Office comessarily
the News," is also ideal in
; archetypical burly and thoroughly
f-the-earth character.
) HIMSELF is never better as
' Callahan. His appearance, com mt,
lined face and slightly grayone
to believe that he has aged by
his role as an inspector frequently
ily murders and senseless rapes,
pher Bruce Surtees adds much to
ct" through his use of shots that
lertone of expectancy throughout
Schifrin adds to the heightening
h a dramatic soundtrack
latest effort is an exciting and
lovie. "Dirty Harry" has never
e show
st certainly be "Sunday Bloody
'This is not a rebel song" before a
2w song comes across as an emo;les.
It begins with Bono's anguish
tant drums. Bono relates "I can't
ose my eyes and make it go away."
tie's just begun
t, tell me who has won
lilt within our hearts
ers, children
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