Death and Honor (Honor Bound) | W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV

Death and Honor (Honor Bound) | W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV | We need an ending!!!

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Death and Honor (H...

	Death and Honor (Honor Bound) W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth IV Putnam Adult, 2008 - 480 pages average customer review:based on 40 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Good job, good price

Product was as advertised and sent when ordered. The only reason it is not five starts is that the box was crushed, but the CD's were ok.

We need an ending!!!

Another interesting chapter in the Cletus Frade saga - and long overdue. This is the latest in a very good series of novels about the secret war conducted by the US OSS in "neutral" countries in South America during WWII. Griffin, as always, skilfully weaves real history into the fictional world of Frade and his family. The characters are familiar, and while not perfectly constructed, are well-developed and reasonably drawn. The interplay between Frade and Von Wachstein, the BIS and the other Argentinian characters is set against the coming demise of Nazi Germany and plans to insure that Nazi leaders survive the end of the war somewhere other than Germany.

The only problem is that, once again, we are left hanging. Now, don't get me wrong - I like a good cliff-hanger - not just one that takes years to resolve. Please give us the next (last) chapter in the saga!!!!

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Back on Track

Some of WEB Griffin's recent books have been a bit shallow, but I feel he (and his son) are back on track with Death and Honor. Lots of detail and plot nuance add up to good old-fashioned read, just in time for summer and the beach!

Known commodity

By now the Griffin & Butterworth production is established enough to reveal that it is not quite up to the solo Griffin work of the earliest novels, but in its better instances is still entertaining. This continuation of the South American story in WWII moves from Argentina through Brazil and into Texas, with the compulsory side trip to Washington, D.C. The roman a clef cameos, a Griffin trademark, are not as absurdly managed as some in their current European spy series, but do verge on the shallow( with Howard Hughes) and the silly(with F.D.R.). All in all, this sure stretches the limits of the Graf Spee incident and believability - not as much a problem in the earlier "Pacific Theatre" novels which elaborated on factual situations and unsung heroes. This is more of a spy thriller in the "oater" tradition: Spy-cowboys on the pampas with some leading edge technology and Juan Peron thrown in as a bedfellow to the nasty Nazis. As to the title, maybe it is appropriate given the at there seem to be more "honor code" Junkers in this book than there were in the Wehrmacht...but this is just a thriller; Reader please don't confuse it with history or even reality behind history. Still, it is entertaining. If you want a more accurate period piece, turn to Furst.

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