"If something isn't aesthetically pleasing or interesting, doesn't require skills I do not have, and makes a stupid point stupidly, I don't appreciate it as art. That doesn't make me a philistine. It makes me a non-rube."

--Jonah Goldberg

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

The One with The English Assassin

136. Title & Author: The English Assassin by Daniel Silva (386 pages)
Genre: Fiction--Action & Thriller
Completed: 7 March 2010

Summary & Review:
Israeli spy Gabriel Allon is summoned to Zurich to restore a painting by Raphael. When he enters the home of his client, a prominent Swiss banker named August Rolfe, he finds him murdered and his secret art collection stolen. After discovering that Rolfe's collection had been given to him by the Nazis during WWII, Allon begins to unearth Switzerland's collusion with the Third Reich in the pillaging of Europe's greatest artworks and the truth behind the modern group that wants to keep that fact a secret--no matter the cost.

This probably my favorite of the Gabriel Allon books I have read so far. Silva's writing was on point throughout the novel and the story was entertaining without being contrived or difficult to believe. Allon continues to be one of my favorite characters in the spy-novel vein of fiction and I look forward to reading the next installment.

Rating: 9.0
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