Red Rabbit
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| Author(s) | Tom Clancy |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Jack Ryan universe |
| Genre(s) | Thriller novel |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Publication date | 2002 (1st edition) |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 618 pp (hardback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-399-14870-1 (hardback edition) |
| OCLC Number | 49925127 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 21 |
| LC Classification | PS3553.L245 R39 2002 |
| Preceded by | The Bear and the Dragon |
| Followed by | The Teeth of the Tiger |
Red Rabbit (2002) is a New York Times bestselling novel by Tom Clancy. It incorporates the 1981 plot to assassinate Pope John Paul II.
[edit] Plot summary
Jack Ryan, CIA, helps with transporting a Russian defector and his family to the United States with the help of the British SIS. He confirms the KGB plan to kill Pope John Paul II (who, at the time the novel takes place, had just been elected). As in many stories in the Jack Ryan universe, the story incorporates several historical events, including the 1978 assassination of Georgi Markov and the World War II era Operation Mincemeat. While Clancy does not rewrite the public version of events surrounding the nearly-successful assassination of the Pope, he does involve Ryan and his team in a typically clandestine manner.
[edit] Reception
Upon its release the novel received somewhat poor reviews. Critics praised Clancy's believable account of the plot, but disdained the lack of suspense. Reviewers for CNN and The New York Times considered the development of the main plot slow and tedious and noted that sub-plots remained underdeveloped and unresolved.[1][2] Reviewers for Publishers Weekly and Esquire believed the involvement of Clancy's main character Ryan in the main plot to be highly marginal.[3][4] Nevertheless, the novel reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller List.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Meagher, L.D. (September 24, 2002). "Review: Clancy's 'Red Rabbit' rotten". CNN. http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/books/09/24/review.clancy/. Retrieved 2006-10-23.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (August 15, 2002). "Books of the Times: Swipes About Hollywood And Other Media Types". The New York Times.
- ^ Miller, Adrienne (September 11, 2002). "Clancy Time". Esquire. http://www.powells.com/review/2002_09_11.html. Retrieved 2006-10-23.
- ^ "Red Rabbit". Publishers Weekly. July 29, 2002. http://reviews.publishersweekly.com/bd.aspx?isbn=0399148701&pub=pw. Retrieved 2006-10-23.
- ^ "NYT Best Sellers List; Fiction". Hawes Publications. August 25, 2002. http://www.hawes.com/2002/2002-08-25.pdf. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
| Preceded by Patriot Games (set 1981) |
Ryaniverse books Chronologically Central Figure: Jack Ryan Eleventh Published |
Succeeded by The Hunt for Red October |
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