Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy
Tom Clancy is one of the most successful novelists today. Author ofnumerous best sellers, smash hits such as "The Hunt for Red October" and"Patriot Games" rallied him to the top, making him an overnight phenomenon. Clancy's main character, Jack Ryan, who first appeared in "The Hunt forRed October" has become a household name. Not only is Clancy a bestselling author, he has become a merchandising machine as a result ofnumerous movies based on his books and the success of the Rainbow Six video Tom L. Clancy, Jr. was born April 12, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland.While an English major at Baltimore's Loyola College, he dreamed of writinga novel someday.[1] Clancy worked as an insurance broker in Maryland untilthe mid-1980's when the story of a Soviet frigate's failed attempt todefect to Sweden, together with his deep interest in naval history,inspired his first novel, "The Hunt for Red October."[2] Interestingly,this novel was first published in an edition of about 14,000 copies by theNaval Institute Press, making it its first publication of a work offiction, and considered somewhat of a gamble.[3] Then boom, it hit thebest seller's list and President Reagan hailed "Hunt" as "the
"[14] As with all of Clancy's novels, "Rainbow Six" is filled with intrigueand suspense. Embassy at London's Grosvenor Square. The main character, John Clark, has just been assigned ashead of Rainbow Six, a secret international task force designed to fightterrorism and like Jack Ryan in "Red Rabbit, Clark's office is home-basedin England. "[12] Ryan possesses Clancy's unwaveringsense of right and wrong, "It was an open secret that diplomats didn'ttrouble themselves with customs duties for such things as perfume for theirwives and/or booze for themselves, but to Ryan's Catholic measure ofpersonal conduct, these were venial sins, not moral. It becomes a chess game of forces as each government tries tooutmaneuver the other. Clancy'snovel is historically based, "the events leading up to it, and the eventitself, have repercussions that continue to affect events right to thepresent. Clark considers his life a sizable step up from "swimming outof a submarine to do a collection on a Russian beach, or flying into Tehranto do something the Iranians wouldn't like much, or swimming up a fetidriver in North Vietnam to rescue a downed aviator. [11] "Red Rabbit" is set in 1981.
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