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The Bourne Identity (Bourne Trilogy, Book 1)
 

The Bourne Identity

by Robert Ludlum

Jason Bourne.

He has no past. And he may have no future. His memory is blank. He only knows that he was flushed out of the Mediterranean Sea, his body riddled with bullets.

There are a few clues. A frame of microfilm surgically implanted beneath the flesh of his hip. Evidence that plastic surgery has altered his face. Strange things that he says in his delirium --... (read more)

Top tags: fiction,  thriller,  espionage,  robert ludlum,  mystery (all tags)

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Danielle B
  • Rated 5 stars

“My favorite book to movie translation ever. Why? Because the makers of the movie realized that you could not possibly ever take a book that incredibly packed and amazing into a movie. So they took the original premise of a guy floating in the water with no name being tracked by the government, and went a completely different direction with it. If you are expecting the movie, you won't get it. You do, however, get one of the most intense rides of your literary life.”

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~elva~
  • Rated 1 stars

“i hated this book. the basic story is good, but the language is worse than school, and it's disgutsting. do not read!”

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  • Rated 4.087057 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.357143 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Jaede

    jaede said:

    “Don't read the book expecting what you saw in the movie. There is much, much more to the book than the movie. And the book is much better than the movie. All three of the books: Identity, Supremacy, and Ultimatum are much better than the movies.”

    posted Wednesday, July 2 2008 ( | view 2 replies )
  • bleedingblue

    bleedingblue said:

    “i've seen the movie and loved it but i haven't read the book...should i read it?”

    posted Wednesday, July 2 2008
  • Vidhi

    vidhi said:

    “they cudnt show even half the action of the book in the movie!!! the buk is far far better than the movie!!!”

    posted Thursday, April 10 2008
  • Ruth G

    ruth g said:

    “The novel so much better than the movie that had all the high-tech playthings that the book did not have. This was a thrilling read. Don't watch the movie, READ THE BOOK. ”

    posted Wednesday, April 2 2008
  • Ninabina S

    ninabina s said:

    “As usual, this book is far better than its movie adaptation. The best feature is the complexity of the plot. Things are never so simple as movies make them out to be. Also, I'm relieved that Marie is not just a wanderer picked up along the way; though she's still somewhat weak and dumb about just what goes on.”

    posted Wednesday, January 30 2008
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