Residue (Audible Audio Edition) Warren Adler, Earl Hall, Stonehouse Productions Books
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A firebombing of a black church in Brooklyn that was once a synagogue sets off a chain reaction of international intrigue and bloody violence.
The fire bombers are young men of Arab extraction who mistakenly believe that this church, whose stain glass windows illustrate the Star of David, is still a synagogue. In the wake of the bombing, a prominent white-shoe Wall Street firm sends its young, token Jewish lawyer to help the church, pro bono, in their insurance claim. In a walled-off area exposed by the fire in the basement of the church, the pastor has found three huge trunks filled with gold and precious jewels worth multimillions.
The bizarre journey of this treasure, where it has come from and how it got in the basement of a black church is the heart of this tantalizing story which deals with both the origin and the aftermath of the discovery, and the impact it has on the lives of the young lawyer, his family, the pastor of the Church, and numerous other interlocking characters who suddenly surface with claims to its provenance.
It makes for a compelling and suspenseful story of terror and greed and illustrates how the long tail of the past can reach into the present with life-altering results.
Residue (Audible Audio Edition) Warren Adler, Earl Hall, Stonehouse Productions Books
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Residue (Audible Audio Edition) Warren Adler, Earl Hall, Stonehouse Productions Books Reviews
Great tale of all the issues with our world today. It's easy to blame others, and see the world in a polarized fashion, it's much harder to judge oneself and our legacies. There is no easy fix... Adler's book shows us the complex situation.
Warren Adler can be trusted to bring colourful characters to life. In 'Residue' it's not necessarily the protagonist himself who's colourful (he doesn't have to be; he's a lawyer!) but some of the people around him definitely are. Some of their stories go back to the horrors of the Second World War. This creates an extended backdrop, which is something I enjoyed because Adler gave it a historical perspective. He takes his time to get into the aftermath of the war and the fate of the Jewish people since. He blends that nicely with romance, life and its shortcomings, chaos (the protagonist at some point loses almost all control over the situation) and suspense to the point where I didn't see the end coming. I consider this last remark a compliment for the author, because on the other hand 'Residue' is not a fast novel. It takes its time to tell the story, which in the case of 'Residue', with its historical storyline and its political opinions, makes sense.
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