情節及人物是很標準的驚悚小說。陰謀懸疑動作刺激樣樣不缺。主角配角反派也都照著公式走,沒什麼特出之處。雖然很強調伊斯蘭教的氛圍和影響,但書中所描寫的現代派、溫和派感覺上和其他非伊斯蘭人士差不了太多,或許這正是作者所要強調的部分。激進(基教)派就是當今媒體所能見到的那個樣子,給他們掌權後日子也不會比較好過。
本書拿來殺時間還不錯,別對內容太認真。文案介紹中提到一句:「如果恐怖分子獲勝了,世界會變成怎樣?」要找解答的話,還不如來看 Glorifying Terrorism。
閱讀版本:
勞勃‧費里諾(Robert Ferrigno),《殺手的祈禱》(Prayers for the Assassin),李建興 譯(臺北市:高寶,2007)
灰鷹的書介:http://blog.roodo.com/grayhawk/archives/1258772.html
臺灣譯本序:http://blog.roodo.com/grayhawk/archives/4091773.html
網上書評:
http://www.nationalreview.com/miller/miller200603220737.asp by John J. Miller
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/16/books/16masl.html by Janet Maslin
http://www.januarymagazine.com/crfiction/prayassassin.html by Anthony Rainone
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,,1733320,00.html by James Flint
http://www.mysteryinkonline.com/2006/02/ferrigno_robert.html by David J. Montgomery
http://dsadevil.blogspot.com/2006/01/answering-prayer.html by David Schraub
http://zbooks.blogspot.com/2006/04/prayers-for-assassin-by-robert.html by Zubon
http://www.bookloons.com/cgi-bin/Review.ASP?bookid=5804 by Tim Davis
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