Vicious Circle : A Novel of Complicity

from dougwood57

Robert Littell has survived the passing of the Cold War era far better than others who flourished in that hall of mirrors, like John LeCarre. In 'Vicious Circle', Littell explores Arab-Israeli relations that often seem like the embrace of mutual death. On the eve of an historic peace treaty force...

from neddludd

Probing the unending conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, the author describes in detail one terrorist kidnapping (as well as the context that sets it in motion). As the Israelis and Palestinian Authority search frantically for the Jihadists and their victims, the leading Jihadist and the ...

from fredm

Very readable but at the end you feel it was all a bit simplistic and a let-down.

from dspoon

An Israeli government minister is assassinated in the home of his mistress. Days later, Elihu, an aging and decorated Mossad officer, leads his final combat mission, killing a Hamas leader in his bed-and barely escaping with his life. Out of this familiarly cyclical scenario emerges what is perha...

from dspoon

An Israeli government minister is assassinated in the home of his mistress. Days later, Elihu, an aging and decorated Mossad officer, leads his final combat mission, killing a Hamas leader in his bed-and barely escaping with his life. Out of this familiarly cyclical scenario emerges what is perha...