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The Ghost - Robert Harris

Description: ISBN 0091796261 / Author: Robert Harris / Genre: Crime / Thriller

Newest Review: ... leaves you wanting to find out more. The other characters are well-fleshed out too. The embattled ex-PM feels vulnerable ... more

... enough to lend a convincing air to his predicament, yet ruthless enough to be a believable ex-politician. His wife, too, is equally fleshed out so that you can get real insights into her character, her sense of ambition, her pride at what her husband has achieved, whilst also sensing her frustration at being reduced to "the good little wife". The build up of the main characters is important, because The Ghost is very much a character driven book. The setting is limited to a handful of locations and there are...more

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The Ghost - Robert Harris: Ghost of a chance (1035 words)
by - written on 29/04/09 (Very useful, 91 readings)
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Let's get one thing straight, shall we? Robert Harris' latest novel is in no way about Tony and Cherie Blair. It just happens to be about a British ex-Prime Minister (Adam Lang and absolutely not Tony Blair), his wife, Ruth (certainly not Cherie) and the fallout from his decision to join the War on Terror with America. Any similarities between actual living people are, of course, entirely co-incidental. Into this mix comes the narrator - a ghost writer charged with writing Lang's memoirs who finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy and way over his head. The Ghost is quite a slow-burning book - a thriller which relies on atmosphere and ... Read the complete review

A Famous Ghost Inhabits These Pages (964 words)
by - written on 25/02/09 (Very useful, 101 readings)
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Alongside the writing of a number of bestselling novels, Robert Harris was, in the early days of Labour's return to power in England, a close associate and firm supporter of Tony Blair. Harris's most recent project, 2007's The Ghost centres around the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister - but not this one. Not quite. Adam Lang is an enigmatic character who has just stepped down from his party leadership, with a powerful but disliked wife and a string of allegations hanging over his head concerning the war he entered in questionable circumstances. Given the author's background, any similarities we can probably take not to be co-incidental. The novel is ... Read the complete review

The Ghost - Robert Harris: 'The Ghost' (294 words)
by - written on 01/09/08 (Very useful, 60 readings)
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Robert Harris is an author capable of writing a compelling narrative that is driven by believable characterisations. The characters that Harris writes about are not without their flaws. Unlike the characters of a Dan Brown novel who seem to be experts in all fields of learning and capable of superhuman feats, Harris strive for a realism which allows the reader to some degree relate. The main protagonist of Harris's latest novel, 'The Ghost' spins a tale that is based as much on recent political events in the UK as it is on the author's own fertile imagination. 'The Ghost' is a writer brought in to finish the memoirs of the Tony Blair-esque Adam Lang following the ... Read the complete review