The Damascus Cover The Jerusalem Spy Series edition by Howard Kaplan Literature Fiction eBooks
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The Damascus Cover The Jerusalem Spy Series edition by Howard Kaplan Literature Fiction eBooks
Ari Ben-Scion, the main character in this book, is an aging spy who still believes he is at the top of his game. His one weakness he recognizes is an attraction to women, because the life of a spy is by necessity lonely. Forced to do paperwork for a time, Ari practically begs for a field assignment. The one given him involves more danger than he bargained for, including one very beautiful and attractive woman. Ari soon learns that his age and vulnerabilities could jeopardize the mission.This is a beautifully written book about the middle east, its longstanding history of enmity and rivalry, about love, and about brutality. It is highly atmospheric, it reads like a walk through Damascus. But it's a guarded walk, because spies and enemies are all around. Whether or not you enjoy spy novels, you will appreciate this book.
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The Damascus Cover The Jerusalem Spy Series edition by Howard Kaplan Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Excellent and authentic! The author clearly has first hand knowledge of the Middle East and its people.
This book is an excellent read and holds one's interest throughout. One is filled with anticipation throughout this novel that the spy, Ari ben Sion will succeed in what he was sent to achieve. There are so many intriguing twists and turns that holds the reader's interest throughout. This read is full of suspense and the reader remains deeply involved. It is certainly a highly recommended read.
Though penned in the late seventies, Damascus Cover is current from the first scene which is...hard...yet could have been ripped from today's middle east headlines. It's a fast tense read, the plot is winding, the theme's timeless and the writing is heavy on locale giving Damascus an evocative sense of time place and culture. The central character is...by necessity & nature...distant yet he strikes us as sympathetic. His introduction is a love scene on the beach...a steamy one at that. We know his character is incognito and he comes off as...wistful...till we learn he's being lured away by a comely woman in his line of work from making an important connection and it will...cost him. In his second scene, we find out who he really is...sort of. A career spy who moves through missions without regrets. He's a capable spy who claims four countries and has mastered their languages and we're told he appears wealthy worldly socially smooth...bondlike. But we also learn that his REAL life including his long distance marriage is on the skids...
Damascus Cover was a best seller in it's day and is enjoying a new audience as it becomes an action flick with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the lead role. Any film with a "complicated" character is lucky to get jonny and I see this as a win/win for the novel and it's star. Having read the book, I'm looking forward to this film. I will say, Rhys Meyers, in his thirties, has put himself up against expectations... his character is supposed to be...fifty, with all the world weariness that "fifty" implies. So, once again, Rhys Meyers may have to win the book's fan's over. But he seems to THRIVE on that mission...
I just finished The Damascus Cover and thought it was brilliant. Without the gadgets of today, the reader could be swept away by the true and complex nature of spying. Kaplan does a brilliant job in taking us into the espionage world and reminds us of the difficult Israel faces, surrounded by a sea of hate.
We also have an insight in to the perils of the Syrian Jews and the horrific situation they were in. For anyone who questions the validity of why Israel must be there, this is a small example.
Well done Kaplan on a fab read, I couldn't put the book down and stayed up late to finish it.
This is not my go to genre, spy novels, but I encountered the author online when I read about his mentoring young writers in the Middle East and was intrigued enough by what he wrote to check out his work. Good decision, this was a great read. I was totally engaged right from the start. The plot had twists and turns which made the time fly and it was clear that real research went into this work. The writing was tight, sophisticated and compelling. But the biggest surprise was how well drawn, Ari, the main character was. Read the book even if it’s out of your usual genre. I’m glad I did!
Much of what happens in this novel (originally published back in the 1970s) could be occuring today. An aging Israeli spy and women who are too young for him--although he doesn't recognize it--play roles in a complex set of plots and plots-within-plots in Damascus. Kaplan's writing captures the smells and sights of old Damascus as well as the beauty of the Syrian countryside. Better yet, each of his characters is vivid and unique! Like Le Carre's spies, Ari, the aging Israeli spy, is far less than perfect but the good in the man outweighs his failings. I won't write a spoiler--just tell you that I recommend this novel highly.
I understand Kaplan wrote other novels and I would like to read them. Unfortunately, I cannot find them, either online or in my local library.
The middle east is constantly in the news. Damascus is one of the cities that frequently pops up in those news articles. But what was Damascus like a few decades ago? Although this book was written forty years ago, the description of the city of Damascus is still relevant today. The author is very descriptive of this geographical area of the middle east and the people that live in this zone of constant friction. The spy story that takes place (mostly) in this city is a page turner with an aging "James Bond" flair. The characters are well developed, the storyline is full of twists and turns. We are drawn to think, along with the main character, that the assignment is something that it is not. I will purchase more of this author's stories. I loved it.
Ari Ben-Scion, the main character in this book, is an aging spy who still believes he is at the top of his game. His one weakness he recognizes is an attraction to women, because the life of a spy is by necessity lonely. Forced to do paperwork for a time, Ari practically begs for a field assignment. The one given him involves more danger than he bargained for, including one very beautiful and attractive woman. Ari soon learns that his age and vulnerabilities could jeopardize the mission.
This is a beautifully written book about the middle east, its longstanding history of enmity and rivalry, about love, and about brutality. It is highly atmospheric, it reads like a walk through Damascus. But it's a guarded walk, because spies and enemies are all around. Whether or not you enjoy spy novels, you will appreciate this book.
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