The Road to Gandolfo is a spoof, or satire, or meant to be generally amusing, or some combination of those three.

A guy that is kicked out of the army for becoming a political embarrassment, decides to do something even more politically embarrassing. He kidnaps the Pope.

The Pope doesn't mind that much, he gets to kick back, shoot the breeze, sink a few cold ones, have a few barbies, and generally be not stressed.

The problem will be getting all the Catholics to pay the ransom that they want for him, as he is taxing them all.

I read this book long after it came out and then couldn't wait to ready the sequel (Road to Omaha). The characters are so entertaining! The plot is outrageous.

My good friend was clearing out some of her old books and gave me this book to read. I have never got around to reading any of Mr. Ludlum's books, so this novel was a first for me. I enjoyed the book and I found it to be a very entertaining read. I always appreciate a bit of humor in stories and this book had a number of humorous moments. I laughed at some of the scenes and kept reading and laughed at the characters.

I understand that there is a sequel to the book so I'll probably ask my friend if she has it. Assuming she can remember the title. In my opinion, "The Road to Gandolfo" is a great read and I would highly recommend it.

This book, while entertaining, was not up to par with most of the other books that I have read by this author.

I bought this book a few months back thinking I was in for a good read...I have to say that I am very disappointed. I guess my expectations were a fast paced read like the Bourne series and this is nothing like that style of book or writing. The other side of this is that I really don't even think it is all that funny. I don't want to finish it but I have a few more chapters to go...I can't wait to start another book and put this one down.