Mirage

by James Follett

Book Overview

It is the late 1960s, and De Gaulle has cancelled Israel's order for 50 Mirage 5 jet fighters and five missile-carrying high-speed naval craft. Against this background, an Israeli fighter pilot is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0749300035
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Random House UK
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 1.3" x 4.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent writing

From the start to the end, the writer made good use of all the dialogues, either to insert witty remarks or provide lengthy explanation within a few short carefully written sentences.The premise was with the French arms embargo after the Six Day War, the fledging state of Israel found itself in danger of unable to match her enemies weaponry.In came Daniel Klein, ace pilot who was invalidated due to war injury. Hatching a bold plan, he and his girlfriend sought to obtain the blueprints for the Mirage, the aircraft which the Israeli Air Force depend on. The only fly in the ointment was an arms dealer who was hoping to supply subsonic jets to the Israeli.The writer gave extensive background not only to the characters, but also to the development of the air defence of Israel, showing in a logical manner why the Mirage was priceless to Israel.The only kink in the entire story was the involvement of CIA agents at a critical point, without proper explanation for their presence or stance.

Very Good

This is the best book by James Follett that I have read -- by far. It's almost as good as a Frederick Forsyth book. It takes place in the late 1960s. France stopped selling Israel the Mirage fighter, and Israel desperately needed parts. You can't make parts without plans, so they decided they needed to get plans. This is that story.

Great book!

This book happens to be the next book I read after Dominator. To then find out that it is based on true facts and really happened just blew me away. The fact that someone could do such a thing and that it succeeded is amazing. This book caused me to do some research of my own about the events in the book. The other thing I like about the book is that the author appears to have had some fun with writing This book I got the impression that he had very little trouble getting This down on paper, as the text just seems to flow. This book also goes on to prove that Switzerland is not always as boring as it seems. Do I think it would make a good film? yes I do, but would it be allowed to be made, would the USA film industry put up the money? is another matter as getting the funds could be fun.