I enjoyed reading “The Confessions of Gabriel Ash”, by Lee Polevoi. A great thriller novel! It takes place during the cold war with Russia and is set in 1982. Gabriel Ash is an Ambassador to Keshnev a small country with strong Russian ties. Through many faults of his doing, including alienating his daughter, Ash is now confined in a castle turned prison somewhere in Eastern Europe.
It’s not something I would read on a normal basis, but the title sounded interesting. The opening line was intriguing and the setting was perfect, cold and gray. Mr. Polevoi knows how to paint the background so well it’s easy to imagine the stench of garbage and exhaust fumes in New York City to the bone-chilling air in the mountains of Keshnev’s Lesser Alps. The tension builds nicely as the story moves on and has a satisfying ending. Great book for those who enjoy reading political thrillers, historical-based novels, and the underbelly of world society’s power-hungry mongrels.
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