19/10/2022
Ludlum subtly combines the attributes of the detective genre - pursuit, chase, shootout, murders - and deep psychologism in the depiction of the main character, who, due to circumstances, is faced with the question: who is he really? ..
1981 - James A. Michener, The Agreement. The novel tells the story of interactions and conflicts between population groups living in South Africa.
1982 - Robert Ludlum, Parsifal Mosaic. A scout never becomes an ex. Michael Havelock experienced the truth of this statement in his own skin. The past, in which he was a double agent for the most powerful intelligence agencies in the world, did not end with a bloody moonlit night on the beach in the Costa Brava, but only hid for a while. It turned out that among the fragmentary memories in the brain of Havelock, a key is hidden - a code sequence of words and signs that firmly connects him with the invisible manipulator of the fate of mankind - the sinister Parsifal ...
1983 - John Le Carré, The Little Drummer Girl. A spy novel about the struggle of Western intelligence agencies against terrorism in Europe and the Middle East at the end of the 20th century.
1984 - Robert Ludlum, The Aquitania Conspiracy. Aquitaine is not only one of the French provinces. This is the name of a secret organization created by retired generals from the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Israel and South Africa. They decided that the political system of their countries was rotten through and through, and that the peoples deserved a better future. Which was presented to the conspirators in the form of a total military-fascist dictatorship ...
1985 - Stephen King, The Skeleton Squad. Collection of 19 short stories, 2 poems and 1 story.
1986 - Stephen King, It. According to the main storyline, seven friends from the fictional city of Derry, Maine fight against a monster that kills children and can take on any physical form.
1987 - Danielle Steele, Everything Good. The novel tells about a successful businessman Bernie Fine, whose life suddenly and irrevocably changes.
1988 - Tom Clancy, "Kremlin Cardinal". An action-packed novel by the most popular modern American writer Tom Clancy, written in the form of a political detective about a high-ranking Soviet officer recruited by the CIA.
1989 - Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses. The novel is written in the genre of magical realism. The main theme of the novel is emigrants and emigration, the impossibility of assimilation in a new culture, the inevitability of a return to the roots.
1990s
1990 - Scott Thurow, Burden of Proof. Famous lawyer Alexandro "Sandy" Stern returns home from work to find that his 30-year-old wife Clara has committed su***de.
1991 - Alexandra Ripley, Scarlett. The book continues the storyline of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind. The indomitable Scarlett and the irresistible Rhett love and suffer again, fight fate and hope for happiness.
1992 - John Grisham, The Case of the Pelicans. A young law student conducts her own investigation into the mysterious deaths of two members of the Supreme Court. And the closer she is to the solution, the closer the unknown killer gets to her.
1993 - Robert James Waller, The Bridges of Madison County. The Bridges of Madison County is an absolute phenomenon in 20th-century American literature. The novel spent more than ninety weeks on the list of national bestsellers, rightfully became the winner of the prestigious ABBY literary award. Only the first print run of the book amounted to seven million copies. The film of the same name by Clint Eastwood became one of the best in his work. And the brilliant American actress Meryl Streep was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in the title role.
1994, 1995 - James Redfield, The Celestine Prophecies. The protagonist of the novel goes on a journey to Peru to find and understand 9 ancient revelations made by the Maya Indians.
1996 - Joe Klein, Primary Colors. Fictional political drama about the 1992 presidential run by Jack Stanton, a womanizing southern governor fighting Democratic candidates.
1997 - Charles Fraser, Cold Mountain. The novel will tell a love story against the backdrop of the last days of the war for independence, when a deserter from the front