Shelfari: The Site for Books & ReadersShelfari Logo

Richard Temple: A Novel
 

Richard Temple: A Novel

by Patrick O'Brian

Available for the first time in the United States—a tale of art and espionage during World War II by the best-selling author of the Aubrey-Maturin series.

The eponymous protagonist of this novel is a prisoner of the German army in France; but as we soon discover, he is nobody's idea of a hero. In order to keep himself sane while denying the charges and absorbing the beatings of... (read more)

Top tags: fiction,  royal air force (all tags)

Readers

Groups

Other Reviews

Amazon Reviews (1)
 

Most Helpful Reviews

Didn’t Like It

Mercy Y
  • Rated 1 stars

“I think this is probably a very good book but at this moment I just couldn't get through it. Grisly and dreamy at the same time, a WWII POW endures daily torture by escaping into a fantasy of his not so-great-either childhood. O'Brian's writing is rich and textured.”

Mercy Y’s full review »
more reviews »
Community:
  • Rated 2.666667 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 2.5 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Shaun K

    shaun k said:

    “It took a while but the cadence of O'Brian's prose and the organization of the story line starte to smooth out. THe last 150 pages or so were hard to put down. I should take my own advise and consider that the book was written in 1962. It was probably hot and artsy to read such a mess then. All in all, not a bad read.”

    posted Tuesday, June 17 2008
  • Shaun K

    shaun k said:

    “So far, this book is a long winded box of words. POB seems to get a good line of thought together and cleverly describes situations and events but never quite clarifies them. I end up going back and reading again to see if I understood him correctly.

    I'm starting to wonder if this stuff is a little bit autobiographical of him.”

    posted Tuesday, June 10 2008
© 2008 Tastemakers, Inc. | Portions of Shelfari.com are Copyright © 1996-2008 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy