River of Death

by Alistair MacLean

Book Overview

The classic tale of adventure and the dark secrets of a lost city in the Brazilian jungle, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. THE LOST CITY Hamilton knows the way to the ruins deep in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385172052
• ISBN13: 9780385172059
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.

Customer Reviews

My First MacLean Book, Enough To Hook Me.

When I picked this book up, the name Alistair MacLean did not mean anything to me. Reading it reminded me some of a movie I had seen called "Breakheart Pass", and soon learned that MacLean wrote it as well. This book came out near the time "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" was released. I could easily picture Harrison Ford as John Hamilton. I've read the other reviews, commenting on the decline of Maclean since either '71 or '73, depending on the reviewer. I could definitely tell a weakness in his endings. The blurb on the back of this book gave away the ending, but it is better than the endings of "Partisans" and "Floodgate". I will admit, though, that most of what I've read of MacLean was his post '73 works (the exceptions being "The Guns Of Navarone" and "Where Eagles Dare", and seeing the movie "Ice Station Zebra"). If his weaker stuff made me a die-hard fan, I can't wait to read his older works!