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The Whole Truth | 
| Author: David Baldacci
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $26.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  76 reviews
Sales Rank: 205
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.5
ISBN: 0446195979
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446195973
ASIN: 0446195979
Publication Date: April 22, 2008
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Product Description
"Dick, I need a war."
Nicolas Creel is a man on a mission. He heads up the world's largest defense contractor, The Ares Corporation. Dick Pender is the man Creel retains to "perception manage" his company to even more riches by manipulating international conflicts. But Creel may have an even grander plan in mind.
Shaw, a man with no first name and a truly unique past, has a different agenda. Reluctantly doing the bidding of a secret multi-national intelligence agency, he travels the globe to keep it safe and at peace.
Willing to do anything to get back to the top of her profession, Katie James is a journalist who has just gotten the break of a lifetime: the chance to interview the sole survivor of a massacre that has left every nation stunned.
In this terrifying, global thriller, these characters' lives will collide head-on as a series of events is set in motion that could change the world as we know it. An utterly spellbinding story that feels all too real, THE WHOLE TRUTH delivers all the twists and turns, emotional drama, unforgettable characters, and can't-put-it-down pacing that readers expect from David Baldacci-and still goes beyond anything he's written before.
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Fast paced thriller July 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Baldacci sure has been pumping them out lately but this is the best of the lot. An arms magnate uses the media to generate potential world conflict and a change in world order. A small group battle to expose 'the whole truth'..
So far nothing new and I have read many variations on the plot for years. So why four stars? Well, for one it is a page turner, it also has strong characters (most of whom are flawed in some way), entertaining bad guys and sufficient twists to move away from the well trod path of the these types of thrillers. You don't dwell on the slightly flakey aspects of the plot because the story whips you along. The themes of media control and perception management seem daft until you remember that the invasion of Iraq was based on 'facts' that were incorrect....
Baldacci is back - if you liked The Winner. July 13, 2008
Many other reviewers compain that the characters are cartoonish and the plot and it's twists implausibile. I don't entirely disagree. I do disagree that it was done in such a way - that it lessened my enjoyment.
It's wonderfully over-the-top evil villian, "James Bond" like over-the-top hero combined with an over-the-top concept (A chess-like approach to creating war --- or at least a cold war) and fast-paced action (every few pages someone's life is hanging in the balance - physically and literally) make for a great ride, that keeps the pages turning.
Did I care a great deal when someone died? No, like James Bond movies - bodies were dropping like flies. And just like those movies, there are some who you care about their growth, motivations and that they survive.
I'm not, like some, a big fan of the Camel Club series - or even many of Baldacci's later works. This is far more reminiscent, with all of it's "over-the-topedness", of The Winner - a book I loved.
If you like the greater elements of cartoons and James Bonds movies--- truly evil villians, super heroes and great world-safety shattering plots - you'll enjoy this one!
 Amazing, page turner! July 9, 2008
What an amazing book. I really liked the way the author brought out the characters. I can easily picture them in my mind. The lead character SHAW had me rooting for him throughout the book. I hope Baldacci continues to make books with this character. Definately worth the read. I had no idea what a "PM" firm was and what they can accomplish in todays world. Gripping storline, characters are easily described and the book flows nicely.
Outstanding July 8, 2008
David Baldacci is my favorite author. I have never read a "bad" book.
Recommend his books all the time.
Baldacci does it again July 5, 2008
I always enjoy reading Baldacci as I find it very hard to put the book down. I say to myself, I will close with the next chapter and then go to bed, but I find myself keeping right on reading until the wee hours of the morning.
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