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Wilbur Smith
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Pages: 576 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0330317504
Pub: Pan Books
Pub date: 1995-04-07
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14876
Reader Reviews:
Let down ending (1/1 people found this helpful)
I love Wilbur Smith books, having read most of them. But this one I found a bit of a let down at the end. He's very descriptive in most things, which we all love, especially the wilderness of Africa. But the ending to this story was a let down, almost as if the editor told him he had to finish it in 3 pages flat. I would have liked to read about when Nicky got back together with the family, how Isabel is doing now after all the treachery she did, etc., etc.. Although I've kept some of his other books to read again at some later stage, this one I will definately not read again.
Did it for the money (0/3 people found this helpful)
I have read several of Wilbur's books and enjoyed them all - except this one. Total rubbish, boring, all the characters are experts, beautiful and perfect at everything. A monotonous linear book, how did I ever finish it? Avoid.
A cleverly designed adventure story (3/3 people found this helpful)
At a party in London Isabella Courtney - daughter of a wealthy family in Cape Town - meets Ramón de Santiago y Machado - from an old Andalusian family who settled in Cuba - and instantly falls in love. They marry and have a son, Nicholas.
What Isabella does not know is that Ramón is in fact a recruit of the Cuban army of liberation in exile now working for the KGB where he is known as El Zorro Dorado, "The Golden Fox" and that his sole purpose in marrying her was to make her into an agent code named Red Rose by kidnapping her son. The KGB plan to orchestrate a campaign in the ghettos and on campuses of America for comprehensive mandatory sanctions supposed to destroy the South African economy and bring its government crashing down in ruins, unable any longer to protect itself or to keep its security forces in the field. When that happens the KGB plans to step in and place their own surrogate communist government in power.
Readers looking for suspense and adventure will undoubtedly enjoy the plot. The book is very nicely read by British actor Christian Rodska for BBC audiobooks.
A vivid tale of intrigue and adventure in 1970's Africa (2/2 people found this helpful)
A thoroughly enjoyable book. Starting at a Rolling Stones concert in London's Hyde Park and ending with the potential slaughter of innocents in South Africa this book paints an intriguing picture of third party interference in Africa in the 1970's. Part of the Courtney series, this one focuses on Isabella although her three brothers and other prominent members of the family feature heavily, not least because Isabella's action as the result of her relationship with a mysterious foreigner set brother against brother. Well thought through and written, the book keeps you engaged from start to finish and makes you wonder whether such events really could and did happen. The deep sea fishing section I found particularly engaging and a tribute to Wilbur Smith's descriptive abilities.
Golden Fox (1/1 people found this helpful)
The book is another Courtney series book. If you have read the other ones this one is a must however there are much better books in the courtney series. The story in golden fox kept me from wanting to read it as soon as possible because the story is more a series of small stories while the plot is not very appealing.
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