From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Well Garcia did flee Cuba as a young boy with his family so I would reckon
his views would be tempered by his experience and what he feels for the
Cuban exile community in Florida.



"Mark"  wrote in message
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> Actually, it's fairly rare for me to read fiction at all; a couple of
> Clancy's, most of Vince Flynn's and this one book are all I can think of
> offhand. I guess I prefer reading books to learn real facts and get my
> escapism via DVDs.
>
> BTW, Andy Garcia's "The Lost City" about pre/post Castro
Havana is quite
> good.  Hollywood way, I guess because it's not pro-Castro>
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:44de9dd4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>  While I still purchase quite a few books I find myself finishing fewer
>> of them. I have little patience for cardboard characters even with a
>> decent plot - not implying the book you mentioned is like that - just
>> speaking in generalities.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mark"  wrote in message
>> news:44de96df$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>I caught the author on a number of radio talk shows as he went about his
>>>promo tour. He came across in an engaging way that piqued my interest.
>>>I've not read his previous stuff, but it's referenced in this novel (and
>>>yes there's very heavy third temple stuff in there).
>>>
>>> Still, his characters were interesting, as were the various underlying
>>> plot lines. But, given your stated preference on that type of book, I'd
>>> not recommend it to you.
>>>
>>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>>> news:44de93f4{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>
>>>> "Mark"  wrote in message
>>>> news:44de8a03$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>> "Rich Gauszka" 
wrote in message
>>>>> news:44de83ed$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>> or you've just seen the creation of a pan-Arab
army in Hezbollah...
>>>>>
>>>>> Somewhat along those lines, I just finished "The
Copper Scroll" by
>>>>> Joel Rosenberg. 
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I really don't care for the Armageddon style books ( Third Temple
>>>> etc ) - just a personal preference as I see them catering
to religion
>>>> on a fundamentalist level that I'd rather not encourage
via a purchase.
>>>> For my fantasy pill - I just finished the re-release of
Steven Brusts's
>>>> 'To Reign In Hell' - no not the life of Karl Rove 
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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