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New York City. Two in the morning. A subway car heading uptown. Jack Reacher, plus five other passengers. Four are okay. The fifth isn’t. In the next few tense seconds Reacher will make a choice–and trigger an electrifying chain of events in this gritty, gripping masterwork of... read more
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Gone Tomorrow centers on a search for a flash drive that contains a picture that may incriminate John Sansom, North Carolina Congressman and senatorial candidate. The picture was taken in Afghanistan in 1983 when Sansom met with what many consider to be the most evil man on the planet. Sansom,... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Jack Reacher: Ex-military policeman (elite 110 investigative unit) with no address, no phone, no possessions, no watch, no driving license, carries tooth brush, ATM card, expired passport in pocket, buys clothes when needed. hes a rebel without a cause and tom cruise is perfect and does perfectly well being tom cruise in the film Jack Reacher
- Jacob Mark: small-town cop from Jersey; Susan Mark's brother. good man
- Theresa Lee: NYPD detective romantic interest, her and jack have a thing going on
- John T. Sansom: ambitious congressman from North Carolina; rising political star. very smart
- Susan Mark: meets Jack Reacher on a subway. FBI agent, he ends up getting help from her
- Lila Hoth: spectacularly beautiful Ukrainian investigating some unanswered questions.gets in the way of Jack all the time
- Peter Molina: Susan Mark's son; twenty-two year old football playing senior at USC. Killed on film by Hoths with guts and intestine out. killed by african women who totrued him
- Elspeth Sansom: Congressman Sansom's wife. never really shows in the story
- Svetlana Hoth: former Red Army political commissar. kills herself
- Jack Reacher: Protagonist, ex Military police and all round hero-type. rebel without a cause, lives by day of his military funds
- Browning: Security advisor for a senator. strong man
- Leonid: Ukranian thug, he gets shot
- Docherty: NYPD officer, partner of Theresa Lee, inforcers the law
- Mr. Springfield: Senatorial security advisor, he is in charge of all the men protecting the senator
- Osama bin Laden: The world's most wanted man. he was in the way of Jack
- bin Laden: Osamana Bin Laden , previous detailed, he has a small part in the novel
- Grigori Hoth: Lilly's brother, protective of her.
- Magras leo: Add a description of this character.
- Ronald Reagan
- Saddam Hussein
- Donald Rumsfeld
- Molina
Quotes edit
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“Male bombers take off their beards. It helps them blend in. Makes them less suspicious. The result is paler skin on the lower half of the face.”
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“My Israeli mentor told me the easiest way to determine that an open-air attack was caused by a suicide bomber rather than by a car bomb or a package bomb is to search on an eighty- or ninety-foot radius and look for a severed human head, which is likely to be strangely intact and undamaged, even down to the opium plug in the cheek.”
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“If a woman bomber takes off her head scarf, there's going to be a suntan clue, the same as the men.”
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“And I read a book that figured the part about the virgins is a mistranslation. The word is ambiguous. It comes in a passage full of food imagery. Milk and honey. It probably means raisins. Plump, and possibly candied or sugared.”
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“I am afraid of very little, but hassle with today's security apparatus is always best avoided. Franz Kafka and George Orwell would have given me the same advice.”
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“Above all I learned that cafes and diners and coffee shops were good environments for bad news. The public atmosphere limits the likelihood of falling apart, and the process of ordering and waiting and sipping punctuates the flow of information in a way that make it easier to absorb.”
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“The suddenly bereaved have the IQ of labradors.”
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“To make me a potential victim, the world's population would have to be reduced all the way down to two. Me and a mugger, and I would have won.”
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“I was never trained in the art of staying invisible. They picked smaller guys for that. The normal-sized people. They took one look at me and gave up on the whole proposition.”
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“I'm a rich man. To have everything you need is the definition of affluence.”
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“First rule: Don't get cut early. Nothing weakens you faster than blood loss.”
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“The Soviets were said to have asked for condoms, and in an attempt to impress and intimidate, they had specified that they should be eightteen inches long. The US had duly shipped them, in cartons stamped "Size: Medium".”
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“Standard tactical doctrine for any assault: Attack from the high ground.”
Jack Reacher
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si vis pacem para bellum. If you wish for peace, prepare for war.
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Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in his shoes. Then when you start criticizing him, you’re a mile away and he’s got to run after you in his socks.
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Look, don’t see, listen, don’t hear. The more you engage, the longer you survive.
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When contemplating an offensive, the very first thing you must plan is your inevitable retreat.
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Look, don’t see, listen, don’t hear. The more you engage, the longer you survive.
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Insouciance is good, but being ready is better. The four of them were caught in a moment of real indecision. They wanted
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paroxysm was over, and the new professional all-volunteer army was well
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gamine, and half the time she looked all grown up and self-possessed. Half the time she seemed unaware of how good she
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Setting & Locations edit
- New York
- 6 train: subway car 7622, in New York City; the Lexington Avenue local, heading uptown, from Bleecker to Grand Central station.
- NYPD 14th Precinct House: by West 35th Street, NYC.
- Washington
- North Carolina
First Sentence edit
Suicide bombers are easy to spot.
Themes & Symbolism edit
Series & Lists edit
This is book 13 of 20 in Jack Reacher. (standard series)
Preceded by Nothing to Lose, and followed by 61 Hours.
This is book 12 of 20 in Jack Reacher (Reading Order). (standard series)
Preceded by Nothing to Lose, and followed by 61 Hours.
This is book 75 of 99 in NPR's Top 100 Killer Thriller. (community list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacourt
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 19, 2009
ISBN: 9780385340571
Page Count: 432
Publisher: Delacourt
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 19, 2009
ISBN: 9780385340571
Page Count: 432
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3553 H4838
- Dewey: 813.54
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