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A review by pappas
Chaos in Kabul by Gérard de Villiers
1.0
First the backstory: A full-page ad for de Villier in the New Yorker caught my eye. I googled de Villiers and found an article in the NY Times “The Spy Novelist Who Knows Too Much’ which made an interesting case for de Villiers uncanny ability to predict actual events in his fiction. “Other pop novelists, like John le Carré and Tom Clancy, may flavor their work with a few real-world scenarios and some spy lingo, but de Villiers’s books are ahead of the news and sometimes even ahead of events themselves.” I thought I need to check him out. “Chaos in Kabul” seemed like a good place to start. My son-in-law is stationed there at the US Embassy.
“Chaos in Kabul” is without a doubt the worse book I’ve ever read. Stereotyped characters, absurd plot and sex scenes that must have been written by a horny eighth grade boy. There is nothing the least bit interesting about the title character. I couldn’t tell you a thing about Malko Linge, or what motivates him, nor even what he looks like. The other characters in the book are even more superficial.
Correct that, Linge is an idiot and a misogynist “He walked her to the door, knowing that he would get a little further next time. A conquer of this wise virgin would make a pleasant change from covert intelligence operations.”
I finished the book out of interest in my son’s Kabul post. Never learned much. There’s no excuse for you to read it.
“Chaos in Kabul” is without a doubt the worse book I’ve ever read. Stereotyped characters, absurd plot and sex scenes that must have been written by a horny eighth grade boy. There is nothing the least bit interesting about the title character. I couldn’t tell you a thing about Malko Linge, or what motivates him, nor even what he looks like. The other characters in the book are even more superficial.
Correct that, Linge is an idiot and a misogynist “He walked her to the door, knowing that he would get a little further next time. A conquer of this wise virgin would make a pleasant change from covert intelligence operations.”
I finished the book out of interest in my son’s Kabul post. Never learned much. There’s no excuse for you to read it.