Holy War

Interesanta, precum toate cărțile lui Bond, bine documentată. Aceasta e și oarecum autobiografică și poate de asta nu mi s-a părut că s-a putut desprinde de subiect suficient încât să fie obiectiv. Dar merită citită, mai ales dacă vrei să afli cum era cândva Beirutul.......more

That was the best horrible story I ever read. Holy War is set in Lebanon during the civil war. There are three protagonists whose stories and points of view interweave throughout this complex, highly literate novel. The plot centers on these individuals, each with one or more relationships whose ruin......more

Holy war by Mike Bond. The Battle of Beirut is worse than Hell, a maelstrom of implacable hatreds and frantic love affairs, of explosions, sniper battles and deadly ambushes. Neill, a journalist on a secret mission for Britain's MI6 intelligence agency, is trying to find Mohammed, a Hezbollah terrori......more

2.75/5 stars! This book was just so boring. I admit that I am selective about my historical fiction. This genre is often either amazing or overly detailed and dry. I feel this book was the latter. It had some shining moments and history nerds of this specific time will likely enjoy it; it just wasn'......more

To understand this intense, chilling and unforgettable book you need to know something about the Civil War in Lebanon. Once upon a time Beirut was called the Paris of the Middle East, a mini-paradise where Christians and Muslims lived relatively peacefully together in a cosmopolitan society. After t......more