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I, Sniper: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel (Bob Lee Swagger Novels) |  | Author: Stephen Hunter
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 999
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First Ediition/First Printing
Pages: 432
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.7
ISBN: 1416565159
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781416565154
ASIN: 1416565159
Publication Date: December 29, 2009
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Product Description
Four famed '60s radicals are gunned down at long range by a sniper. Under enormous media scrutiny, the FBI quickly concludes that Marine war hero Carl Hitchcock, whose ninety-three kills were considered the leading body count tally among American marksman in Vietnam, was the shooter. But as the Bureau, led by Special Agent Nick Memphis, bears down, Hitchcock commits suicide. In closing out the investigation, Nick discovers a case made in heaven: everything fits, from timeline, ballistics, and forensics to motive, means, and opportunity. Maybe it's a little too perfect.Nick asks his friend, the retired Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger, to examine the data. Using a skill set no other man on earth possesses, Swagger soon discovers unseen anomalies and gradually begins to unravel a sophisticated conspiracy -- one that would require the highest level of warcraft by the most superb special operations professionals. As Swagger penetrates the deepest secrets of the sniper world and its new technology, Nick stands firm in the face of hardball PR initiatives and an inflamed media calling for his ouster. Swagger soon closes in, and those responsible will stop at nothing to take him out. But these heavily armed men make the mistake of thinking they are hunting Bob, when he is, in fact, hunting them. I, Sniper will satisfy Stephen Hunter's legions of fans and win him droves of new ones with its signature blend of brilliant plotting, vivid characters, razor-sharp dialogue, and extraordinary gunfights. And when Swagger and the last of his antagonists finally face each other, reenacting a classic ritual of arms, it is clear that at times there's nothing more necessary than a good man with a gun and the guts to use it.
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 Bob Lee's last run? Great book! March 10, 2010
Philip Gossett (The Deep Dark South.)
I really liked this book, I see many did not. The story was very crafty, lots of turns and twist. Bob Lee was under estimated for sure. I'm a big fan of Hunter's books. I think any BLS fan will like this book. I agree with some of the other reviewers, it is time for a new character to emerge from Hunter's mind. Maybe BLS had a long lost son he will discover? Hats off to Hunter for this book, I'm happy to have read it. Keep it loaded.
" From my cold dead hands"
So Hunter's a Fox News Guy? I don't care. March 9, 2010
J.S. Banks (Mountain View, CA)
OK, I'm a social conservative myself but the pontifications and diatribes pulled me out of the story. But still, 5 stars!
Why? Because Hunter is so darned good. He makes the ridiculous believable right up to the last shoot-out. He is so good he can make fun of using the same plot, and even has some of his characters say things like "this isn't some made-up movie you know".
I did feel a weariness at the long-winded speeches or e-mails that let him speechify in the voices of his characters, but his sprightly self-awareness and sense of humor balanced this out. But I gotta say Mr. Hunter, most liberals are not taffy-headed, anti-American, arrogant and clueless; they just kind of disagree with some of your positions. Don't get so cranky.
Again, rollicking story, great action set-pieces, and careful structure. If the reader gets all hung up on some of the implausibilities, they will down-rate this book. If you love the character of Bobby Lee, then you will find that Hunter does too, and gives him his due.
Oh, and does he hate the New York Times. I mean really really. I had to smile.
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