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While some spy novels are globetrotting and actionpacked, this one centers on a single meal but with just as hearty a helping of suspense. All the old knives by olen steinhauer is a book that should be appreciated by anyone that has enjoyed any of the george smiley novels by john le carre. All the old knives olen steinhauer has a come up with a plot and a setting in which is unusual in that all the action takes place around a dining table in a restaurant in carmel, california which is quite ingenious. All the old knives came out earlier this week and i finally got my hands on a copy and started reading immediately six years ago in vienna, terrorists took over a hundred hostages, and the rescue attempt went terribly wrong.
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