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The Bourne Identity
Robert Ludlum
Manufacturer: Bantam
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0553260111
Release Date: 1984-02-01

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Jason Bourne.

He has no past. And he may have no future. His memory is blank. He only knows that he was flushed out of the Mediterranean Sea, his body riddled with bullets.

There are a few clues. A frame of microfilm surgically implanted beneath the flesh of his hip. Evidence that plastic surgery has altered his face. Strange things that he says in his delirium -- maybe code words. Initial: "J.B." And a number on the film negative that leads to a Swiss bank account, a fortune of four million dollars, and, at last, a name: Jason Bourne.

But now he is marked for death, caught in a maddening puzzle, racing for survival through the deep layers of his buried past into a bizarre world of murderous conspirators -- led by Carlos, the world's most dangerous assassin. And no one can help Jason Bourne but the woman who once wanted to escape him.

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really really BAD.......2007-06-06

This book is so contrived. I had just finished reading Ian Fleming. What a world of difference. I got about 100 pages in and couldn't take it any more. The book is written around these far-fetched ideas. It's awkward and the writing style is just plain bad.

great book.......2007-05-21

If you had seen the movie then you might think you know how the story goes but that's where you are wrong. This is a book that you can read even through you didn't see the movie. It is some times hard to understand because they use large words and medical terms. Its full of action and thrill. It starts with a man who loses his memory and is found out in the sea with a bullet in his head. With the help of a drunk doctor, he makes a near full recovery learning he can speak in three different languages, take a gun apart and run for long distances with out stopping for air That's when the doctor tells him of a capsule he found under his skin. That's when he learns he has to go to Zurich to find a company named Tredstone and that's when what little life he can remember snaps. I would recommend this book to anybody who likes fiction, but like I said it is a harder read.

Best of Ludlum!.......2007-04-26

While reading Ludlum in between more artistic works of literature, I like to follow a good spy/action novel. Ludlum provides! Bourne Identity REALLY provides! It went through all things a good Ludlum novel ought to go through: action packed, twisting plots, romance, conspiracy, character thoughts, and, unfortunately, repetition. Five of those six are gems, but the repetition wore me out nearing the end. I can only read "Charlie is for delta; delta is for Cain" (or something like that) so many times... then I have to cringe, bite my lip and suppress an urge to scream at the annoyance.

If you could have someone black-out all these lines in the book before you read it, it would make the read so much more enjoyable.

Still one of the best thrillers out there!.......2007-04-24

I'm not necessarily a big fan of Ludlum's novels and most of them are nothing special, but he sure hit a home run with this one. I read it when it first appeared -- having recently completed Le Carré's "Smiley" trilogy and concluded that no spy novel could ever match up to that masterpiece -- and became totally absorbed in the world and very short amnesiac life of Jason Bourne (a/k/a Delta, Cain, and several other pseudo-identities) as he tries to figure out just who he is, how he came by his highly specialized skills, what he's expected to do with them -- and just who is trying to kill him. And why. There's a certain amount of suspension of disbelief that's necessary here, especially in Bourne's relationship with Canadian Marie St. Jacques, who is very conveniently an economist, and also with the bitter French general who appears to do a one-eighty in an extremely short period of time. But I can live with that. Nor is the movie anything but the palest reflection of the novel. This is also not a book to race through in a weekend, not if you want to appreciate all the tangential complexities of the twisting plots, but it's worth the effort.

Very good thriller.......2007-03-11

"The Bourne Identity" is a good thriller that keeps you guessing what will happen next. The pace moves along nicely for the most part and keeps your interest up. The romantic subplot was a bit underdeveloped, or unnecessary, depending on how you see it.

Overall, definately a very good pick if you're looking for an entertaining thriller. This was my first Ludlum book but it will not be my last.

The Robert Ludlum Value Collection: The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum

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Book or Movie?
Good item
How is it possible to botch a book on tape?

The Robert Ludlum Value Collection: The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum
Robert Ludlum
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Release Date: 2005-02-08

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Eight CDs, 9 hrs.
performances by Darren McGavin

THE BOURNE IDENTITY-He is a man with an unknown past and an uncertain future. A man dragged from the sea riddled with bullets, his face altered by plastic surgery-a man bearing the dubious identity of Jason Bourne. Now he is running for his life, the target of professional assassins, at the center of a maddening deadly puzzle. Who is Jason Bourne? To answer that question, he must find the secret buried deep in his own past. And the only one who can help him is a beautiful stranger-the woman who once would do anything to escape him.

THE BOURNE SUPREMECY-The Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China is brutally slain in a Kowloon cabaret, and all the clues point to the legendary assassin, Jason Bourne. But Bourne never existed! The name was created as a cover for ace agent David Webb on his search for the notorious killer Carlos. Now someone else has resurrected the Bourne identity, and Webb is forced to use his murderous skills to stop him. Because once again, like a nightmare relived, the woman he loves is suddenly torn from his life. To find her, to trap his own imposter, Webb must launch a desperate odyssey into the killing fields of international espionage.

THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM-Thirteen years have passed since David Webb was last forced to assume the alias of the assassin Jason Bourne. Thirteen blissfully peaceful years: time enough to raise a family with his wife Marie, time enough to begin to put the violence and betrayal of the past behind him. Now with one phone call Webb is thrust back into the madness. His greatest enemy, Carlos, is hunting again-determined to stalk and eliminate the one man whose reputation as an assassin approaches his own, a determination that promises pain and death for David Webb and those who mean the world to him.

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Book or Movie?.......2007-05-16

Well the book is far superior to the simple plots of the movies. But there is Matt Damon....
This version of the "Bourne Trilogy" gets a lively reading by Darren McGavin. It will keep you at the edge of your seat.
So, for eye candy go see the movies....
For the edge of your seat reading stick with the book.

Good item.......2005-07-06

Shipping was a bit delayed, but item arrived on time for father's day. Good overall--would recommend.

How is it possible to botch a book on tape?.......2005-04-12

I thought it wasn't possible, but Darren McGavin managed it. He mumbles, yes actaully mumbles his way through a performance for which the sole qualification is elocution. I don't care if he played the dad in Billy Madison. This is doubly frustrating, as the volumes are so heavily abridged, that missing a line is like missing 100 pages from the printed work. Oh yeah, and the musical cues dispersed throughout the reading to "heighten the tension" are stupid, just plain dumb.

The Bourne Identity Copyright 1980, Hardcover, Richard Marek Publishers

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The Bourne Identity Copyright 1980, Hardcover, Richard Marek Publishers
Robert Ludlum
Manufacturer: Richard Marek Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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The Robert Ludlum Value Collection: Includes The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, & The Bourne Ultimatum

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The Robert Ludlum Value Collection: Includes The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, & The Bourne Ultimatum
Robert Ludlum
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THE BOURNE IDENTITY-He is a man with an unknown past and an uncertain future. A man dragged from the sea riddled with bullets, his face altered by plastic surgery-a man bearing the dubious identity of Jason Bourne. Now he is running for his life, the target of professional assassins, at the center of a maddening deadly puzzle. Who is Jason Bourne? To answer that question, he must find the secret buried deep in his own past. And the only one who can help him is a beautiful stranger-the woman who once would do anything to escape him.

THE BOURNE SUPREMECY-The Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China is brutally slain in a Kowloon cabaret, and all the clues point to the legendary assassin, Jason Bourne. But Bourne never existed! The name was created as a cover for ace agent David Webb on his search for the notorious killer Carlos. Now someone else has resurrected the Bourne identity, and Webb is forced to use his murderous skills to stop him. Because once again, like a nightmare relived, the woman he loves is suddenly torn from his life. To find her, to trap his own imposter, Webb must launch a desperate odyssey into the killing fields of international espionage.

THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM-Thirteen years have passed since David Webb was last forced to assume the alias of the assassin Jason Bourne. Thirteen blissfully peaceful years: time enough to raise a family with his wife Marie, time enough to begin to put the violence and betrayal of the past behind him. Now with one phone call Webb is thrust back into the madness. His greatest enemy, Carlos, is hunting again-determined to stalk and eliminate the one man whose reputation as an assassin approaches his own, a determination that promises pain and death for David Webb and those who mean the world to him.

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Think twice.......2007-05-19

Darren Macgavin should be band from performing audio books. Very hard to hear and understand. he virtually mumbled the stories for the most part and shouted in others. Not recommended

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The Bourne Identity
Robert LUDLUM
Manufacturer: Richard Marek
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ASIN: B000OD1OU8

Robert Ludlum Set of 3 Books - Bourne Identity, Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum

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The Ludlum Triad: The Holcroft Covenant, the Matarese Circle and the Bourne Identity

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The Cream of Ludlum's Crop
Three cliff-hanging & fast-paced great novels

The Ludlum Triad: The Holcroft Covenant, the Matarese Circle and the Bourne Identity
Robert Ludlum
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Release Date: 1989-09-23

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The Cream of Ludlum's Crop.......2002-04-08

Ludlum has been hailed as the virtual originator of the Superthriller, and with these three books, it is difficult to aruge that fact. I'll review these books individually:

#1 The Holcroft Covenant takes the 'Nazi Conspiracy' to the next level. Although dated (just a bit) this novel sweeps you up after a slow beginning, but when the wheels finally hits the pavement, make sure to be belted in, 'cuz this is a fantastic ride. In the closing days of WWII the Nazi's forge a desperate plan which plants the seed of the rise of the Fourth Reich sometime in the 70's, and will be put into motion unwittingly, by a pawn who despises everything the Nazi's ever stood for. Scary and well worth the effort, 'the Holcroft Covenant' is one of Ludlum's best.

#2 The Materese Circle was my 1st Ludlum novel way back in the early 80's, and is still one of my all-time favorite novels. During the Cold War nobody -- NOBODY could write a more compelling spy story, and this one easily ranks (for me) as Ludlums all-time best spy story. But it is much more than just spy vs spy...in this novel, Ludlum pits rival spy vs. rival spy working together to take on an ancient Mob which is alive and well and ready to launch the unthinkable. Do NOT think that the sequel (the Materese Countdown) even comes CLOSE to this masterpice, 'cuz it just plain falls flat by comparison.

#3 The Bourne Identity has to be one of the most clever plot-driven stories that ANYONE has come up with in the past century.

An unknown man is fished out of the Mediterranean Sea riddled with bullets, barely alive. Nursed back to health by an alcoholic doctor, who notices that this mysterious man has had plastic surgery to alter his looks, has a small micro-film hidden under his skin and has also noted that he has NO IDEA who he is. Using the micro-film to guide him, he ends up in Switzerland where he is recognized by an angry man waving a gun in absolute fright claiming that he had been killed...and our poor protagonist begins the flight of his life fleeing from assassins who want him dead, but still suffering from amnesia, he can't understand the WHY...nor does he accept all the evidence that points to him as an international professional hired killer. Top notch entertainment and believe it or not, Ludlum's 2nd Bourne novel was just as good (if not a little better).

All in all these are three exceptional examples of Robert Ludlum at his absolute best...and for anyone who knows this author, you KNOW that Ludlum at his best puts all the rest to shame. While it is true that since the end of the Cold War Ludlum's novels have been, shall we say, less than up to his usual excellence, but his final two novels have been MUCH better (The Prometheus Deception & The Sigma Protocol). We who admire and love Ludlum so much realize that when he passed away, so did one of the finest authors of the 20th Century. He WILL be missed, especially when I pick up another spy novel and invariably compare it to the Master, who will no doubt surpass everything yet to come.

Three cliff-hanging & fast-paced great novels.......1997-10-23

To combine three great novels by one great writer, what a treat! The Holcraft Covenant, is about an young American architect with German bloodline lured back to Germany by Neo-Nazis to claim the secret fund left by Nazi for their new world order purpose. Highly tensified book! The Materese Circle is a even better treat. Double Action packed and played by two top agents from Russia and America. Very very good. The Bourne Identity is also a great book about an American agent trying very hard to get his memory and identity and finding his true love during the struggle. Very very good!

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