A review by jimmypat
The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin

3.0

I found this to be a surprisingly good thriller from the 70s. I thought the writing was a step above what I expected and I was thoroughly engaged. I found it a bit predictable, but that may be because subsequent books have mined similar territory, robbing this book of some cache. I also found myself wanting some other ideas explored that the book hinted at (Yakov is roughly the same age as the targets... what if he was more directly involved, for example) and I found the setting for the climax of the book kind of arbitrary, but I do love how the boy "finishes" the conflict.