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From: steiner@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Dave Steiner)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Re: thriller?
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Date: Thu, 12-Dec-85 17:28:52 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 12 17:28:52 1985
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> From: clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
> Message-ID: <2769@mnetor.UUCP>
>       - Alastair MacLean eg: Ice Station Zebra - movie was good too,
>         "Golden Gate", "Bear Island" (loved the scenery in the movie)
>         Lots of his books are set in WWII (eg: "Partisan", or
>         "Eye of the Needle" (a "can't put down")), or the 50's,
>         or involve details from those periods ("Bear Island").

Alastair MacLean might have a book called "Eye of the Needle" and if
he does, ignore this message, but I think you are talking about the
book of the same name by Ken Follett.  There was a movie made of this
with Donald Sutherland.  Both very good.  Ken Follett is good, in
general.

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