The Road to Gandolfo, Robert Ludlum
The Road to Gandolfo, Robert Ludlum
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The Road to Gandolfo

Author: Robert Ludlum

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 10 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/03/2012


Synopsis

War hero and infamous ladies’ man General MacKenzie Hawkins is a living legend. His life story has even been sold to Hollywood. But now he stands accused of defacing a historic monument in China’s Forbidden City. Under house arrest in Peking with a case against him pending in Washington, this looks like the end of Mac’s illustrious career. But he has a plan of his own: kidnap the Pope. What’s the ransom? Just one American dollar—for every Catholic in the world. Add to the mix a slew of shady “investors,” Mac’s four persuasive, well-endowed ex-wives, and a young lawyer and fellow soldier who wants nothing more than to return to private life, and readers have in their hands one relentlessly irreverent page-turner.
 
Praise for Robert Ludlum
 
“Don’t ever begin a [Robert] Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day.”—Chicago Sun-Times
 
“Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined.”—The New York Times

About The Author

Robert Ludlum was the author of twenty-one novels, each a New York Times bestseller. There are more than 210 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. In addition to the Jason Bourne series—The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum—he was the author of The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, and The Apocalypse Watch, among many others. Mr. Ludlum passed away in March 2001.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Deacon Tom on May 27, 2023

This was a really fast reading one that I enjoyed. I was assigned to Germany by myself, and my boss gave me a stack of Ludlum box, and I poured through one after another. This was a Winner.......more

Goodreads review by Tejas on June 15, 2011

When I first picked up this book decades ago, I expected it to be another in a long line of highly entertaining Ludlum thrillers. Four hours later, I couldn't remember the last time I had laughed so much, so consistently. This is the second funniest book written by Ludlum (top spot goes to its seque......more

Goodreads review by John on February 08, 2019

I knew Ludlum's name from the Bourne trilogy, plus I picked up (but haven't started) an intriguing novel about Nazi children after WWII. Ludlum did a clever job of explaining in his preface that he had taken a humorous turn in writing this story, and his description was humourous enough to interest m......more

Goodreads review by Jim on October 22, 2014

This was fun. I added another star for Brick, the reader. I swear he read this at times in an eerie, but entirely apt, imitation of Arlo Guthrie Jr. doing "Alice's Restaurant". No music or four part harmony, but still! It was fun & fit perfectly in with the tongue-in-cheek story. The Hawk was a great......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on February 27, 2015

A disgraced general, MacKenzie Hawkins, decides to kidnap the Pope for ransom. He enlists his four ex-wives, a reluctant attorney, Sam Devereaux, and an international cast of characters in this crime. One dollar for every Catholic in the world is his goal as he commands and plans his way. All Sam wa......more


Quotes

Praise for Robert Ludlum
 
“Don’t ever begin a [Robert] Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day.”Chicago Sun-Times
 
“Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined.”The New York Times