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Apr 06, 2016
Might be Tom Clancy's best...!
My favorite Clancy book, and I've read most of them. Unlike the others, this one isn't about Jack Ryan...it's the story of how the very-dangerous John Clark came to be working for the CIA. Actually, he's former Navy SEAL John Kelly, an amiable and reclusive guy with a deadly skill set, living on an isolated island on Chesapeake Bay. In the story, he takes in a drug-addicted girl, Pam, who's running from a ruthless drug ring that had enslaved her and several other girls for sex and building of their illegal drug enterprise. Having just gotten clean with Kelly's help, Pam is murdered in the most horrible manner by her former captors. Using all of his combat training and considerable covert skills, Kelly begins a systematic vigilante-style campaign of revenge against the drug ring. Investigating this series of murders, police detective Ryan (he's actually the father of 17-year old Jack Ryan) begins to suspect Kelly. In the meantime, Kelly is approached by the military to undertake a dangerous mission in North Vietnam to rescue high-level POWs who have been listed as dead. After successfully completing the mission, Kelly returns to settle unfinished business with the leaders of the drug ring...Kelly comes out on top in a final shootout, but the police are now certain he's the vigilante behind all the killings in the drug world. Detective Ryan enlists the aid of the Coast Guard to chase Kelly's boat with the intent of arresting him, but as a result of an unexpected turn of events Kelly "disappears" (with a little help from his friends) and is presumed drowned, only to emerge as "John Clark", now in the service of the CIA.
*** For me, this book was a gripping and satisfying read. ***
Feb 05, 2008
Fawlty Towers Complete Set DVD
5 of 5 found this helpful Fawlty Towers is British humor at its best, and a perennial favorite with our family. In many ways it's a not-entirely-farfetched vignette of English hotel life in a coastal resort town, thanks to the main characters: The snobbish, affected, irritable, insecure manager Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), his sharp-tongued domineering wife Sybil (Prunella Scales), waitress and hotel assistant Polly (Connie Booth, who was John Cleese's wife and series co-writer), and the hilariously bumbling Spanish waiter-in-training Manuel (Andrew Sachs). Providing additional comic relief and general bedlam are the regular hotel residents (a retired British major and two elderly ladies) and a gamut of guests that include a pugilistic spoon salesman, a con man posing as nobility, an aging French seductress, a vitriolic Californian, a dead body, a food inspector, a rat...and more. I've long thought of Fawlty Towers as the best of John Cleese (OK, along with A Fish Called Wanda and a few selcted Python bits). After recently eliminating our multiply-viewed VHS tapes in favor of DVDs, I decided to buy this complete set on EBay. Being an old TV series, the quality is not on par with current movies (nobody should expect that!) but it's far better than VHS, won't deteriorate, and the additional features, outtakes, and interviews with cast members provide added interest. Good value - I'm sure we'll be happy with it for a long time.
Feb 26, 2008
Dickey Betts Band - Pattern Disruptive
1 of 1 found this helpful I bought this CD because I'm a guitarist and longtime Allman Brothers fan, and had heard that this album was a bit of a milestone in Dickey Betts' later evolution. The album has a nice mix of blues/rock/country sounds, mostly not Allman-like but pleasing just the same. "Duane's Tune" harks back to Allman Brothers instrumentals like 'Memories of Elizabeth Reed' and 'Les Brers in A Minor', complete with tasty twin guitar parts. Warren Haynes' guitar work is impressive and complements Betts' style well. Overall I like the album and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it, particularly to fans of Southern rock in general and Dickey Betts and the legendary Allmans in general.