ajft reviewed Patriot games by Tom Clancy
Review of 'Patriot games' on 'GoodReads'
3 stars
pot boiler holiday-house pulp fiction, enjoyable predictable silly action
Hardcover, 540 pages
English language
Published Jan. 8, 1987 by Putnam.
Patriot games
by Tom Clancy
3 stars
(7 reviews)
Patriot Games is a thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and published in July 1987. It is the indirect sequel to Without Remorse, and is chronologically the first book featuring Jack Ryan, the main character in most of Clancy's novels. The novel focuses on Ryan being the target of Irish terrorist group Ulster Liberation Army for thwarting their kidnapping attempt on the Prince and Princess of Wales in London. It debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. A film adaptation, starring Harrison Ford as Ryan, premiered on June 5, 1992.
Thomas Gaffney reviewed Patriot games by Tom Clancy
Review of 'Patriot games' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Read this a while ago. Not as good as [b:The Hunt For Red October|19691|The Hunt for Red October (Special 15th Anniversary Edition)|Tom Clancy|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167276898s/19691.jpg|1112006] (Clancy's best), but much better than some of his other ones that take WAY too long to build up to the action.
Subjects
- Ryan, Jack (Fictitious character) -- Fiction