Acrobat

by Gonzalo Lira

Book Overview

They are young, they are tough, they are resourceful--and they have been targeted for assassination by their own agency. Most important of all, what will it take for them to realize they have a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312286945
• ISBN13: 9780312286941
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Acrobat by Gonzalo Lira

As an action freak, I pursue Tom Clancy and such. Unlike Clancy, where you read 500 of the 900 pages before anything happens, Lira has managed to create an action novel that opens at a screaming pace and this pace only increases as it careens toward its O'Henry ending. Lira is an up and comer for us action freaks to watch. Walker Roberts

oh poop!!!

one question to those who've read acrobat: have you EVER seen the word "poop" in print as many times as you did in this book???? thankfully, the plot didn't poop out and i thoroughly enjoyed it. karen

A THRILLING read!

I read this a while back,a nd am writing the review now, before the story is too lost in the old storage closets tucked away in the back of my memory.Acrobat is a secret work-group within the CIA, they are a operatives that watch the things that nobody ele watches. Lead by Tom Carr these are the best. Hand selected from all over Langley thses five people together are a machine of efficiency. One of there jobs, though, goes wrong and they are forced to go on the run.This book is sharply written with the best details in the action-heavy areas that I have ever read, car chases hostage situations where people are unaware of the danger they face, everything. The book then does a flip in a plot twist that will leave you amazed! Four stars because at times I get a bit dissappointed in the decisions made.

good book

Very solid book. Non-Formulatic. Character structure is very good.

Wow

I wasn't expecting much--but was I blown away! I read it in two days flat. The characters are almost more real than real people. The beginning is brilliant, but the ending threw me for the biggest loop. It reminded me of The Usual Suspects and the Sixth Sense--I never saw it coming. I highly recomend this amazing novel.