The boys from Brazil

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Ira Levin: The boys from Brazil (1976, Random House)

312 pages

English language

Published Feb. 21, 1976 by Random House.

ISBN:
978-0-394-40267-3
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A Group of Obscure Men

Ninety-four civil servants. All aged Sixty-five. Harmless men. In different countries. All of them marked for death.

Unknowing Guardians of a Monster

Their deaths will be but the beginning. They will lay the groundwork for a grand scheme. A plan which will fulfill a long-thwarted destiny. Change the future of humanity. And allow history's greatest evil to rise again.

Also contained in: Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Volume 3, 1976

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When I read the blurb for this novel, I scoffed at the premise. I'm still scoffing at the premise of it. Another W for Ira Levin, the man can't miss. The writing was just so fluid, conversations never awkward, inner monologue not corny and exposition never too obnoxious. I think his experience writing plays makes the way he sets scenes so engaging. The book really cemented him as my favourite author of all time. Also found it interesting how applicable the mindset of the protag was to current circumstances and perhaps even current public opinion.

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