From: "Mark" 

Oh, of course. But forgetting all the politics of this bent or that, it is
a thoroughly enjoyable movie that I believe deserved more credit on initial
release in the theaters.


"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> 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.
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> "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. > the Hollywood way, I guess because it's not pro-Castro>
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>> "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.
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>>> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>>>>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.
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>>>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote
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>>>>>
>>>>> "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. 
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>>>>>
>>>>> 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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