The Bourne Identity

by Robert Ludlum
Category: "Fiction - Adventure"
Pages:535
Year of Publication:1988
Date Added:11/25/2007
Date Read:12/29/1989
Notes:A spy fiction thriller novel about an amnesiac who must discover who he is and why several different groups, including an assassin and the CIA, are trying to kill him.
My Rating: 9

Reviews for The Bourne Identity

Review - Bourne Identity, The

I just (1/09) reread this book. The movie is better. The common flaw in all of Ludlum's novels is that one man fights against the entire world — and wins. The whole plot about the master assassin, Carlos, who is invincible and has ties in every government, every bank, every business — was simply goofy. The way it was simplified for the movie made for a much better story.
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