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Burn Notice: The Giveaway |  | Author: Tod Goldberg
Publisher: Signet
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 34583
Media: Paperback
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0451229797
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780451229793
ASIN: 0451229797
Publication Date: July 6, 2010
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Product Description
Ex-covert op Michael Weston owes favors to Barry, the local money launderer. Now Barry wants to call those favors in. Barry has a friend, Bruce, who is an ex-legendary gentleman thief. But with an ailing mother to support, Bruce has returned to his illegal vocation. Unfortunately, his most recent job involved stealing from the notorious Ghouls motorcycle gang, and they're looking for some serious payback. Unless Michael can convince them otherwise...
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 Pitch Perfect Tie In September 4, 2010
Mark Baker (Santa Clarita, CA United States)
It's never a good thing when Michael's "friend" Barry calls him asking for a favor. Barry is an expert money launderer, and Michael owes him a favor or twenty. So it is with some reluctance that Michael takes on the case of Bruce Grossman.
Bruce is a bank robber who did his time. He's reverted to his old ways in an effort to raise the cash to take care of a mother who is dying of cancer. But he's robbed the wrong people, specifically the Ghouls, a motorcycle gang. And the Ghouls are hunting Bruce down to kill him. Can Michael and his friends find a way to save Bruce?
I completely enjoyed this book. The series characters are spot on. I had no trouble hearing the actors saying the lines. And that's extra impressive when you realize that the book is written mostly first person from Michael's point of view. Much of the narration sounds like a voiceover from the show. The plot is the best one in the novels yet, and completely enjoyable.
If you like the TV show, don't pass up this book. You'll enjoy every minute of it.
Gelati's Scoop August 2, 2010
Giovanni Gelati (LEVITTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, US)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you were a blogger your biggest concern would be content, then content, and then after that content. To have that content you would have to have really good novels appear in your blog. I definitely have that today in The Giveaway a Burn Notice novel based on the USA Network series. Tod Goldberg has added yet another great chapter to this series. Personally I was getting tired of hearing my son and a few of daughters ask me if I was done with it yet. The only pleasure in that, was watching them plead their case as to who would get it next. Competition amongst those in the herd is good once in a while. But I digress.
The Giveaway has all the right elements in it if you are a big fan of the show, as many in our family are, an occasional viewer or have never seen the show or heard about it. The key here is the well-crafted plotline, the incredible wit and humor of Tod Goldberg, and the way in which he crawls into the heads of the show's characters and gives us their perspectives. I think that given the show's popularity, Goldberg could at times mail it in and assume many things throughout the novel. He stands tall in not doing that and making this not just a supplement to the series but I think a necessary read. The way he fleshes out Sam and Fi make this worth the read plus. Michael Weston is always front and center in the show, here we get to see sides of the characters that we wouldn't otherwise. No spoilers here, but Fiona gets a lot of ink in this novel and it really works.
In summation, this novel is a fun summer read. It is quick, light, full of action, and downright funny. Michael, Sam, Fiona, Ma, & Nate are all accounted for in the novel. If you haven't met them yet, don't hesitate to friend them. Pick this novel up and introduce yourself to them. Who doesn't want to meet an ex-spy, former Navy Seal, an IRA bomber, a bank robber, bikers, skanks and a bunch of smelly geriatrics. Fun, right? Don't miss it, put this on your Goodreads to read list at the very least. What is your favorite Burn Notice episode?
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 Entertaining story - but please drop the politics July 18, 2010
Everyday Person (Utica NY)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
I love Burn Notice, and have enjoyed the previous two books written by Goldberg as tie-ins. However, I'm still not finished with the book (about 25 pages to go) and there are at least three references to the Obamas already. Since the references really have no place in the story, it seems like the author purposely included these. Must we make everything political? I was sick of the Bush references in other media, and now here we start with Obama (although these are positive - which is a twist). The TV show has no political affiliation, so why introduce it in the books? I don't care what party the book is talking about - I follow politics but would prefer my entertainment to be just that...entertainment. Obviously Mr. Goldberg is an Obama supporter, but it had no place in this book.
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