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Original Title:	Red Rabbit
ISBN:	0399148701 (ISBN13: 9780399148705)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Jack Ryan #2, Jack Ryan Universe #3, Jack Ryan Universe (Publication Order) #11 , more

Red Rabbit (Jack Ryan #2) Hardcover | Pages: 640 pages

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Title	:	Red Rabbit (Jack Ryan #2)
Author	:	Tom Clancy
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 640 pages
Published	:	August 26th 2002 by G.P. Putnam's Sons
Categories	:	Fiction. Thriller. Spy Thriller. Espionage. Mystery. Action. Adventure. War. Military Fiction

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Long before he was President or head of the CIA, before he fought terrorist attacks on the Super Bowl or the White House, even before a submarine named Red October made its perilous way across the Atlantic, Jack Ryan was an historian, teacher, and recent ex-Marine temporarily living in England while researching a book. A series of deadly encounters with an IRA splinter group had brought him to the attention of the CIA's Deputy Director, Vice Admiral James Greer—as well as his counterpart with the British SIS, Sir Basil Charleston—and when Greer asked him if he wanted to come aboard as a freelance analyst, Jack was quick to accept. The opportunity was irresistible, and he was sure he could fit it in with the rest of his work.

And then Jack forgot all about the rest of his work, because one of his first assignments was to help debrief a high-level Soviet defector, and the defector told an amazing tale: Top Soviet officials, including Yuri Andropov, were planning to assassinate the Pope, John Paul II.

Could it be true? As the days and weeks go by, Ryan must battle, first to try to confirm the plot, and then to prevent it, but this is a brave new world, and nothing he has done up to now has prepared him for the lethal game of cat-and-mouse that is the Soviet Union versus the United States. In the end, it will be not just the Pope's life but the stability of the Western world that is at stake. . . and it may already be too late for a novice CIA analyst to do anything about it.

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I am exceedingly glad I only paid $1 for this book at a library book sale. It may be worth that much, but no more. Red Rabbit reads as though Tom Clancy needed to write 618 pages in a hurry because he needed the money. It's full of cliches and boringly repetitious with the characters' introspection. Clancy tells us many times how the food is different in England than it is in America, how it's different in Italy than in America, how it's different in Bulgaria than in America...boring after a

This was a real pleasure to read, I do enjoy Tom Clancy, but I think this is one of his finer efforts. I loved all of the characters and the view into Russia in the 70's was especially interesting. There were also strong mentions and anecdotes concerning Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher to appreciate. Getting a brave defector (and his wife and 4 year old child) out of the Soviet Union was not an easy thing to do during those times. It was accomplished with panache. Some other major events

The slowest, most politically droning Clancy book Ive read. He manages to make Jack Ryan Boring in this one. A disappointment.

Some portion feels a bit stretched, otherwise it's good. Specially there's no unnecessary action scenarios to make it more thrilling.

Notes:I'm going to bump the story up to 4 stars because I enjoyed how the story wrapped up. Clancy has a dry sense of humor that I enjoyed. This was more of a subdue book about international espionage and Jack Ryan was only in about 1/4 of the book.

Many panned this book, but I really enjoyed it almost as much as Patriot Games. Due to his background in the military, finance, academia and espionage, Jack Ryan's perspective is always interesting. Actually, the author could remind us of these various parts of his main character a little less, and his CONSTANT mentions of Ryan's promise gets somewhat repetitive. Also repetitive is his overuse of dramatic irony. The story is set in Cal Ripken's rookie year, and he must mention at least five

Jack Ryan is a new analyst working for the CIA, and has been sent over to Britain to work with the SIS for a time. Ed and Mary Pat Foley have just taken up their new posting in Moscow as the CIA s Chief of Station in the Soviet Capital. Meanwhile the chairman of the KGB wants to kill the pope. Oleg Zaitsev, an officer in the KGB s central communications department isn t happy about this, and wants to defect to America as an act of conscience.[return][return]This book is Tom Clancy s latest novel