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The Second Lady (1997)

The Second Lady (1997)

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3.85 of 5 Votes: 3
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0752999729 (ISBN13: 9780752999722)
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English
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pt. gramedia pustaka utama

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I read The Second Lady long long ago. But the book was missing the last few pages and after that initial torment of not being able to find out, I have managed to live all this while without knowing what happened the moment they stepped off the plane. And somehow after all these years, something made me want to find out.Maybe it is not 'cool' to say that you like Irving Wallace and such these days, you got to be snooty and like authors like to be with it. But hey, I like my masala and I will not lie. A classic USA-USSR thriller. The Soviets embark on an unbelievable plan to replace the American First Lady with a look alike, an actress with a strong resemblance who has been tweaked to perfection over the past three years. The replacement happens and the pages turn themselves. It is a USA-USSR game, so you already know who will win. But how they win is what makes it a page turner. The Soviets are ugly, potato nosed people. Their First Lady is fat and housewife-looking. Their food is vomituous, their alcohol is bitter. Americans on the other hand are handsome and glamourous.They are sexy and clever. But ofcourse. There is a half-American KGB agent whose loyalties lie with the Soviets but heart lies with the Americans. A lot of twists, turns, mind games and sex later the book ends in a nailbiting climax. It was written in 1980, so you can't read it with an internet age mindset. But the plot unravels so smoothly and there aren't too many loopholes that make you roll your eyes.The sore point between the Russians and Americans in this book is a small uranium rich African country called Boende. And today, when Russia and America are at it again,unfriending each other over Crimea, this book makes it seem like nothing has actually changed in the world.

I can't believe that this book received so less ratings. I was infact, WTF! People are not aware that this book was written in the 19th century by Irving Wallace & you can imagine he created this plot back then which we still use in our movies. There was everything in this book plot, love, action, drama, entertainment, lust & it was like thrilling experience while reading this book. A commendable job by Irving Wallace. If suppose in future, I became a movie director, i'll definitely make a movie on this book. I was really hooked to the page & predicted the climax but no I was wrong, my prediction was wrong. The climax will leave you stunned. The Fan Club & The Second Lady are now my favorites of Irving Wallace. Looking forward to read his The Seventh Secret & The Man.A Must Read!!!!

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Keeping in mind that this was published the year before the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, The Second Lady really played to those visceral fears that people don't really know you and to the Cold War era mind games of politicians and spy masters. Funnily enough, I was so caught up in the breathless rush of espionage, politics and discovery that I didn't think too much on the crafting of characters. But boy, what a plot - from the ingenious plan to train a Russian 'Second Lady' to Billie's desp
—Michelle

Kalau tidak salah buku ini aku baca waktu SMA ya? Tepatnya tahun berapa aku lupa, mungkin sama dengan tahun diterbitkannya buku ini pertama kali oleh GPU, he2Ceritanya seru dan mirip beberapa novel Sandra Brown tentang penukaran identitas dan penyamaran dua orang yang mirip untuk sebuah misi yang melibatkan negara yang sedang mengalami konflik.Ide penukaran dua orang wanita yang secara fisik sangat mirip tersebut ternyata mempunyai sebuah kelemahan yang melibatkan ruang pribadi sang ibu negara dimana jika ada satu kesalahan dibuat, maka akan hancurlah misi yang diemban sang agen.Jujur saja aku cukup lupa dengan ending buku ini, namun yang pasti di buku inilah pertama kalinya aku ngeh dengan beberapa istilah *cough*ehem-ehem*cough* yang cukup kontroversial :"> LOL
—Perdani Budiarti

awal na skeptis membaca buku amerika... pandangan dan alur umum na selalu... pasti amerika yang menang. negara yang cukup arogan ini terkadang juga membuat para penulis na arogan. tidak mau kalah dan selalu menjadi pihak yang menang.ternyata kisah ini bisa lepas dari pandangan rhe selama ini. di awal cerita pembaca terlebih dahulu diajak mendalami karakter orang rusia. vera, aktris rusia yang memiliki kemiripan fisik dengan billie, ibu negara amerika, yang dipersiapkan untuk menggantikan ibu negara selama 2 minggu sebelum pertemuan puncak amerika-rusia.segala cara dilakukan, sejumlah biaya dikeluarkan, semua penyelidikan dikerahkan untuk menciptakan vera menjadi kopian ibu negara bahkan menjadi ibu negara yang sesungguh na. satu orang untuk satu negara. keselamatan na dijamin negara dan keselamatan negara dijamin na. kebohongan yang dipentaskan di panggung realita.setiap tindakan harus dihayati sungguh-sungguh supaya kebohongan tidak terungkap. seandai na terlanjur terungkap, maka yang muncul adalah kebohongan-kebohongan lain untuk menutupi na. perlu kerja sama tim untuk mempertahankan kebohongan ini. dan perlu kerja sama tim untuk membongkar kebohongan ini, plus rasa ingin tau dan curiga terutama paker dan nora.akan selamatkan vera si ibu negara jadi-jadian, bagaimana nasib billie ibu negara yang sesungguh na? akhir yang mengejutkan, dan tidak terduga. membuat pembaca tetap menyimak, menegangkan sampai pada ending na. berhubung tidak ingin jadi spoiler, maka baca sendiri aja. klu na, ending na tidak terduga.-34-
—an

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