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From worldwide bestselling author Daniel Silva, praised by Newsday for "bringing new life to the international thriller,"The Kill Artistis a taut and elegantly structured novel about a reluctant hero and his mission to destroy an old enemy and preserve international peace. Gabriel Allon had a simple but brutal job: he tracked down and eliminated Israel's terrorist enemies. But when his wife and son fell victim to the danger that accompanied him everywhere, Gabriel quit and devoted himself to the work of art restoration, an occupation that had previously been a cover for his secret assignments. Now Ari Shamron, the head of Israeli intelligence, needs Gabriel's particular kind of experience to thwart a Palestinian plot to destroy the peace negotiations in the Middle East. The architect of this plot, a Palestinian zealot named Tariq, is a lethal part of Gabriel's past, so as the two begin an intercontinental game of hide-and-seek, with life and death as the prizes, the motives are as personal as they are political. The story features a vivid and fascinating supporting cast, including the magus-like Ari Shamron, a beautiful French Jewish model who is seeking retribution for her family's death in the Holocaust, and a marvelously comic down-at-the-heels London art dealer. Set these colorful and varied characters against a brilliant background of political intrigue and vengeance at the highest levels and a manhunt that covers three continents, and the result is a smart and electrically exciting global thriller.

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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100375500901

ISBN-139780375500909

eBay Product ID (ePID)1733157

Product Key Features

Book TitleKill Artist

TopicThrillers / Espionage, General, Political, Thrillers / Terrorism

Publication Year2000

LanguageEnglish

GenreFiction

AuthorDaniel Silva

Book SeriesGabriel Allon Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3in.

Item Length9.5in.

Item Width6.4in.

Item Weight27.4 Oz

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LCCN00-055308

Intended AudienceTrade

ReviewsPraise for The Marching Season "Gripping. . . . A fast-paced read with well-developed characters." --San Francisco Examiner "Ingenious and unexpected." --The Washington Post "Each plot-twisting segment is marked by an almost unbearable tension." --Entertainment Weekly Praise for The Mark of the Assassin "One of the best-drawn fictional assassins since The Day of the Jackal." --San Francisco Examiner "A must-read for conspiracy buffs." --Entertainment Weekly "A writer who is bringing new life to the international thriller." --Newsday Praise for The Unlikely Spy "Briskly suspenseful, tightly constructed . . . reminiscent of John le Carré's The Spy Who Came In from the Cold." --Richard Bernstein, The New York Times "A classic World War II espionage tale." --The Washington Post "A tense, well-crafted piece of storytelling. . . . A tale of suspense that spirals its way to an evocative climax." --The Times (London)

Dewey Edition21

Series Volume NumberNumber 1

Dewey Decimal823/.914

Lc Classification NumberPr6069.I362k55 2000

Number of Pages448 Pages