That’s the plot of “Savages” which is an entertaining one, but where the novel succeeds is in it’s three lead characters. There are many stories that could be written from the plots and sub-plots to which Shirley Conran exposes the reader. Not literary and filled with stunning prose but an utterly compelling and readable survival adventure tale, one I don‘t want to put down, and one that has enough bulk to satisfy.

Although the author had also written the book Lace, this book wasn't as trashy as I thought it would be. I remember randomly pulling a copy off of my library shelves over a decade ago and enjoying the read. Winslow who wrote perhaps the best fictional account of the drug trade ever published, the classic The Power of the Dog, is in great form. If you are the publisher or author and feel that they do not properly reflect the range of media opinion now available, send us a message with the mainstream reviews that you would like to see added.

Next to the Engineer trilogy (which will always hold a special place in my inner-engineer heart), I think this has been my favorite book from her him. I think drugs are stupid as shit, and yes, I mean all of them: alcohol, cocaine, heroin, nicotine, caffeine, marijuana, meth, even most prescription and over-the-counter drugs. When Ben and Chon’s gal pal Ophelia finds herself in the wrong hands, the guys are left with only one choice .

Almost exclusively, the answer was the relatively calm, level-headed (but also the most unadventurous of the lot) Carey.I did get used to the family without her… but the ending, which was a bit heartbreaking, I wish she’d been there for. Once again, Shirley Conran has created a novel with all the elements her millions of fans love On a remote tropical island, five beautiful, glamorous women are suddenly thrust into an adventure that. Now they walk around like white frat boys in Bed-Stuy, talking tough to show they aren’t scared as the urine streams down their chinos into their cordovans. Secondly: glad I read this for book club-- I mean, aside form subjecting your sweet little eyes to to such vulgarities, my dears-- because I honestly haven't yet decided whether to be fascinated, repulsed, or both by this novel.

let these high-falutin' ladies loose on an island of cannibals, evil revolutionaries, bugs, danger,once their company vacation goes awry, and see what nice ladies become.To the outsider the Savages might look like the perfect family, but there is more to them than meets the eye. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. Each paragraph like a stick of dynamite; it's the paragraph, the singular block that comprises the graphic novel that's very much post-YA, post-Bret E Ellis punch to the face. Savages is Don Winslow's best book yet - a wickedly funny and smart novel, with a ripped-from-the-headlines story that gets your pulse racing as the action unfolds. Although the truth is it’s probably still not unusual to think these things, it is (thankfully) less acceptable to say them now.

it's probable that I simply read it too hurriedly the first time, or maybe my tastes have changed that much.I just loved reading them all, and it wouldn’t have occurred to me that Patty learning to kill and cook a goat in the jungle should be any less of a role model to me than Jane Eyre. Although the basic plot remains the same, a lot of the details and plot points are changed for no real reason related to adapting it. Some of the events in the plot are horrific, although the exaggerated tone and stylised language keeps the reader one step removed from any real empathy with the characters. And while I’m told the movie version was a bit of a turd I’m still interested in watching it because of .