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A review by mad_about_books
The Last Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
5.0
Although THE LAST TOURIST is a novel, a work of fiction, it reads like one of the current non-fiction, tell-all books that I have taken to reading over the past couple of years. The sprinkling of recognizable names only adds to the terrifying realism.
There was a time not so long ago where I would have given any number of the books I've read recently a definite pass. Now I devour books by journalists, ex-government officials, ex-federal law enforcement and security personnel. THE LAST TOURIST fits in my new reading pattern seamlessly.
It is hard to find a book published within the last three years that doesn't, in some way, touch upon the state of the world facing both climate change and political change. Even genre fiction - horror, sci-fi, fantasy - manages to voice the very real concerns we face. THE LAST TOURIST doesn't just voice these concerns, it drops them in your lap where they explode.
Olen Steinhauer has managed to make Ian Fleming's James Bond, and Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne look like rank amateurs in the face of globalism and behind-the-scenes dirty dealing. This is Spy vs Spy for the 21st century.
There was a time not so long ago where I would have given any number of the books I've read recently a definite pass. Now I devour books by journalists, ex-government officials, ex-federal law enforcement and security personnel. THE LAST TOURIST fits in my new reading pattern seamlessly.
It is hard to find a book published within the last three years that doesn't, in some way, touch upon the state of the world facing both climate change and political change. Even genre fiction - horror, sci-fi, fantasy - manages to voice the very real concerns we face. THE LAST TOURIST doesn't just voice these concerns, it drops them in your lap where they explode.
Olen Steinhauer has managed to make Ian Fleming's James Bond, and Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne look like rank amateurs in the face of globalism and behind-the-scenes dirty dealing. This is Spy vs Spy for the 21st century.