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Paths of Glory
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Published on 2004-04-22 by

From Publishers Weekly A real-life mountaineering mystery serves as the springboard for bestseller Archer's abysmal latest. The plot begins promisingly with the body of mountaineer George Mallory discovered on the slopes of Mt. Everest in 1999, possibly having been the first man to have reached the summit. But hopes of an adventurous yarn are soon dashed as the novel becomes a long flashback, offering stock vignettes of Mallory's childhood, Cambridge days and mountaineering adventures. These passages are hampered by phoned-in writing, clumsy attempts at verisimilitude and a notable lack of psychological depth. Along the way, Mallory marries, becomes a father, serves in WWI and finds himself pitted against Australian mountaineer George Finch as a potential leader of Britain's push to conquer Everest. Archer does eventually offer his opinion as to whether Mallory summited Everest, but by that point all but his most devoted fans will have fled the icy crags of this lifeless novel. (Mar.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review Praise for Jeffrey Archer: “A dynamite commercial novel … Archer brings it off with panache.” ---_The Washington Post_ on A Prisoner of Birth “Bestseller Archer pays homage to Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo in this delicious updating of the adventure classic.… The author’s firsthand knowledge of prison life and legal maneuvers help make this a thoroughly enjoyable entertainment.” ---_Publishers Weekly_ on A Prisoner of Birth “Like other Archer thrillers, the book is compulsively readable.” ---_Library Journal_ on A Prisoner of Birth “A worthy successor to the still bestselling The Da Vinci Code.” ---Liz Smith, New York Post, on False Impression “One of the top ten storytellers in the world.” ---_Los Angeles Times_

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