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Exile

By: Richard North Patterson
Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
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Publisher's summary

From one of America's most compelling novelists comes the mesmerizing story of a lawyer who must defend the woman he loves against a charge of conspiring to assassinate the prime minister of Israel

David Wolfe's life is approaching an exhilarating peak: he's a successful San Francisco lawyer, he's about to get married, and he's being primed for a run for Congress. But when the phone rings and he hears the voice of Hana Arif—the Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret affair in law school—he begins a completely unexpected journey. The next day, the prime minister of Israel is assassinated by a suicide bomber while visiting San Francisco; soon, Hana herself is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder. Now David faces an agonizing choice: Will he, a Jew, represent Hana—who may well be guilty—or will he turn away the one woman he can never forget?

The most challenging case of David's career requires that he delve deep into the lives of Hana Arif and her militant Palestinian husband, both of whom have always lived in exile. Ultimately, David's quest takes him to Israel and the West Bank, where, in a series of harrowing encounters, he learns that appearances are not at all what they seem.

Culminating in a tense and startling trial with international ramifications, Exile is that rare novel that both entertains and enlightens. At once an intricate tale of betrayal and deception, a moving love story, and a fascinating journey into the lethal politics of the Middle East, this is Richard North Patterson at his most brilliant and engrossing.

©2007 Richard North Patterson. All rights reserved (P)2007 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC

Critic reviews

"Action abounds, culminating in courtroom drama." (Booklist)

"Exile is a novel worth reading by anyone who is trying to understand, at least in part, one of the Middle East's political nightmares....Through his artful writing, Patterson presents compelling arguments for both sides while avoiding a preachy tone - a pitfall a lesser writer easily could succumb to." (USA Today)

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    2 out of 5 stars

I'm with Betty, above

I'm a big fan of Patterson, but this one felt more like really bad James Michener, with enormous chunks of historical information and teeth-grindingly laborious, evenhanded dispensation of opinions about Israel and Palestine delivered in the form of laughingly unbelievable dialogue. But I'm giving it two stars because I only made it through the first two hours before giving up.

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Boooring!

In a word, this book is boring. After ten or eleven chapters I've simply given up. For those who stick it out, I hope it gets better.

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    2 out of 5 stars

slow

This book was way to draggy to be so long. I find this author to wordy in print so I thought I would try an audio. Mistake! He is still to drawn out to keep my interest.

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    2 out of 5 stars

rooville

Very dull and boring book. The the plot really lack umph.

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