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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100679450424

ISBN-139780679450429

eBay Product ID (ePID)754625

Product Key Features

Book TitleNo Safe Place

Number of Pages495 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1998

TopicThrillers / General, Legal, General, Political

GenreFiction

AuthorRichard North Patterson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.6 in

Item Weight31.9 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN98-014573

Reviews"High drama . . . Emotion-rich characters . . . The pages turn quickly." --The Washington Post Book World "Engrossing . . . Ambitious and well-written, No Safe Place is a sort of ethical suspense novel." --The Wall Street Journal "What is striking is how exactly right Patterson gets the politics and the journalism while telling a gripping tale that intertwines abuse and betrayal, ethics and ambition, romance and dysfunction." --The San Jose Mercury News "Prescient . . . An important and impressive work of fiction . . . An exceptionally convincing, complex, and moving love story." --The San Diego Union-Tribune, "High drama . . . Emotion-rich characters . . . The pages turn quickly." --The Washington Post Book World "Engrossing . . . Ambitious and well-written,No Safe Placeis a sort of ethical suspense novel." --The Wall Street Journal "What is striking is how exactly right Patterson gets the politics and the journalism while telling a gripping tale that intertwines abuse and betrayal, ethics and ambition, romance and dysfunction." --The San Jose Mercury News "Prescient . . . An important and impressive work of fiction . . . An exceptionally convincing, complex, and moving love story." --The San Diego Union-Tribune From the Paperback edition.

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisIn the high-stakes, high-pressure world of presidential politics, where predators carry microphones and one misstep can savage a lifetime of achievement, Kerry Kilcannon is the rarest player of all. Kilcannon believes he can make the system work. And he just may die trying.@@Driven by the violent nightmare of his childhood, fueled by forces that few could understand, and burdened by secrets no one must know, Kilcannon is running for President--and entering the crucial battleground of California with seven days to go. But for Kilcannon, there are hurdles that his courage, charisma, and compassion may not overcome: the network correspondent he still loves; the reporter bent on their exposure; the rival who'll do anything to win; and the fanatic who believes that he must murder Kilcannon to protect the right to life., In his first book since the national best-sellerSilent Witness,Richard North Patterson uses his mastery of characterization and suspense to give us a story of startling realism and originality--an extraordinary novel of presidential politics. In the year 2000, Senator Kerry Kilcannon's insurgent campaign against Vice President Dick Mason has come down to the last seven days--the time remaining until the California presidential primary. Whoever wins in California is likely to win the Democratic nomination, a prize that the Vice President is determined to deny Kerry at any cost. And for all the votes and enthusiasm his passion and personal magnetism have gained him, Kerry's problems are formidable. He is haunted by the tragedy of his older brother, James, a presidential candidate who was assassinated in California twelve years earlier. Kerry has stumbled in his advocacy of abortion rights, and a right-to-life fanatic has pushed this explosive issue to the forefront by murdering three people at a women's clinic. In addition, a journalist for a national newsmagazine is striving to verify the lethal story that, two years ago, while still married, Kerry had a secret love affair with Lara Costello, a reporter assigned to him on Capitol Hill. And now, even more threatening, Kerry is being stalked by the abortion-clinic murderer himself. This narrative is seamlessly interwoven with scenes from Kerry's past: his youth as the son of a drunken and abusive father; his self-image as the less-gifted younger brother of a brilliant yet distant senator; his reluctant ascension to his brother's place; his poignant romance with Lara Costello. And when Lara is ordered against her will to cover Kerry in California, he is forced once more to evaluate his life, and the terrible cost of his ambition to become President of the United States. With rare authenticity, Richard North Patterson depicts the world of high-stakes presidential politics on the verge of an explosion that is as dramatic as it is thought-provoking. ButNo Safe Placeis also a story of people at their best and at their worst: their passions, their ideals, their flaws. A novel that will hold the reader enthralled from the first to the last sentence.

LC Classification NumberPS3566.A8242N6 1998b