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Les Fous De Benghazi (SAS, #191) (2012)

by Gérard de Villiers(Favorite Author)

2.79 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

2360530461 (ISBN13: 9782360530465)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Gérard de Villiers

review 1: Remeber when you were 12, and you heard that Harold Robbins wrote "dirty" books, and then you found a copy of "The Carpetbaggers" at a yard sale for a quarter? You hid it in your book bag, rode your bike home and then waited until your parents were asleep before you read it And when you did you were SO embarassed.Not because of the constant gratuitous sex. Because of the terrible, terrrible writing. That's what "The Madmen of Benghazi" reminds me of. Gerard de Villiers is often referred to as the "French Ian Fleming" (talk about damning with faint praise.)""The Madmen of Benghazi" follows his Bond light stand in, Malko Linge, as he heads to Egypt to protect a wealthy Libyan prince for the C.I.A. Yes, the C.I.A.apparently spends a lot of money subcontracting bodyguard/hi... moret man work to wealthy, oversexed Austrian playboys. Villiers is widely cited for his politically astute plots, and his knowledge of spy craft, but there's nothing here that you couldn't find out flipping through back issues of Time magazine. The Malko Linge books have sold millions of copies in France. Go figure. They think Jerry Lewis is a genius too.
review 2: Gerard de Villiers, who died in 2013, published over 100 novels, and his character Malko Linge is widely known in Germany, France, Russia and Japan. I couldn't stop reading this book. The characters are well drawn, the descriptions of Libya, everyday life and relationships in Egypt and Libya, and the descriptions of militia operations in a lawless Libya are eye-opening. From a foreign policy standpoint, Benghazi is now a place fraught with emotional meaning for Americans. A Frenchman has written a novel that, without the intention, shows us how our narrow, insular, and ignorant view of what would transpire in post-Qadaffi Libya brought us to the current tinderbox situation .This book is crying out for a screenplay and a movie. However, the Hollywood duality of good guy/bad guy would ruin what is a story with no heroes, unprincipled and pragmatic players including Malko Linge. I enjoyed this book. less

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