Night Crossing

by Don J. Snyder

Book Overview

A novel of political intrigue (the time is 1998) with overtones of a classic Hitchcock thriller; a story of a romantic encounter-of two strangers suddenly invading each other's lives. Night... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375409068
• ISBN13: 9780375409066
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

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Although I found it hard to believe that an American woman would get caught up in this terrorist scenario and go through the ordeal that she did, I have read enough thrillers and enough Irish history to make it believable enough. I liked Snyder's style of writing, and the brevity of it made it a faster read and a definite page turner. I especially liked Nora's reflections on life, especially those things that seem to stay with you forever, whereby you can remember every detail of the place, the day, the events. It makes you reflect on your own life and purpose.

The kind of book that makes you think about yourself

I have little in common with the main character in this novel, Nora, but I feel connected to her throughout this story. It is not a thriller in the Tom Clancy sense (thank God) but more in a Joan Didion kind of way. The observations made about war in Ireland (the politics of as well as the horror) are moving. The questions Nora asks herself you'll ask yourself as well. I think this book is particularly well written, one of my recent favorites, and I encourage readers to try it. It is a relatively quick read but it stays with the reader... This is the kind of book that you carry with you in your mind for quite some time.