I had the fortune of reading Sons of Fortune, which turned out to be a really-really gripping book. Gripping it was, certainly, but not without being highly implausible. Such a series of coincides is quite impossible, or maybe possible in a few Hindi movies. But it was gripping.
The book starts with the life of four people, who are not in any way connected. After marriage, both couples have chidren on the same day. One couple has twins, who are separated at birth, on purpose, by a nurse. They grow up without knowing each other or meeting each other. They even fall in love with the same Girl.
Both contest elections at their respective schools and then at their colleges as well.
One becomes a Vietname war hero and receives the Medal of Honour. The other studies law and joins Alexander, Dupont and Bell as an attorney.
Soon after, the attorney turns politicians and wins his first election. A series of events follow, and they finally contest the election for Governor in the state of Connecticut. One as a Democrat, the other as a Republican. A false charge of murder is levelled against one and the attorney comes to his rescue. The attorney then has a car crash and is in need of blood and has a very rare blood group. He gets it from... what do you think?
Gripping, yes, but implausible.
1 comment:
Sons of Fortune was actually a pretty crap book. If you've ever read any other Jeffery Archer book, you can basically predict the entire storyline right from page 1, and its not as much fun, i.e characters aren't as nice as other Jeffry Archer books.
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