A Million Dollar Spin

A Brilliantly Crafted Rapidly Moving And Highly Entertaining Novel: As The Following Sampling Of Some Of My Notes And Remarks- Giving A Taste Of What And How Of The Narrative- Will Bear Out I Think: First 5 Pages And Already A Handful Of Characters And Their Relationships And Situations Shaping Up Towards The Promise Of Something Interesting. First 14 Pages: The Narrative Moves Along Briskly (Sacrificing Detail? Sharpness?) Taking In A Jungle Operation A Bandit Ambush And Killing Of Captain Ian Macdonald . Ian Macdonald Dies Long Live Ismail Macdonald. General Sir Gerald Templer Mentioned & Tan Siew Sin & Tengku Abdul Rahman; Time And Place Pointers..Datuk Lee'S Way To Wealth: Wheeling & Dealing Real Estate Shares; Work Play & Risk Taking & Making Play Work For Him...Lee'S Daughter Mei Ling All At Sea Literally- Cried God Save Me & Was By A Dolphin.Ismail Buying A Car - This Gone Into Some Detail . Good Telling Detail Re Ismail'S Careful Placing Of Clothes.(P40). The Best Writing And Focus So Far (P47) Melodramatic. New Characters Introduced Literally With .. A Splash; Lucille Oppenheimer - Just In Time For Ismail .. Narrative Rolling .. Rollicking?! - Along Now (Pp 50 Ff); Rolling Ismail To London And To Emma Thompson. Studying Law For The Exam . Makes For Something Different . Gambling Its Additive Power . Nicholas Dennis Denning.. Lady V Russel.. And Yet Another Character: Dr. Eric Nkomo . In Paris .. Prof. J.Jaques.. Ski Resort. St Moritz . Mountaineering.. There'S Even A Princess Diana Appearance - Not At All Badly Brought Off .. Interesting Stuff: The Painting.. Which The Genuine Article?. Dialogue.. Exchange Re Traveling.. Drawing- Roomish? Jane Austenish? . A Long Speech Here - How Incorporated In The Narrative Flow? . Rough House Stuff In Toilet - Dirty Politics Literally . Even Pudu Jail Makes An Appearance . Touche! (184) .. In Hong Kong- Mei Ling'S Sudden Headache - The Way Of The World Just So: Mei Ling With Dr. Enright & Ismail With Lily Hua. Like A Musical - Lily Hua Singing Sound Of Music On The Wall Of China.. Operative Element/Motif: Ismail & Lily Hua On The Yang Tse The Latter Singing.. A Good Page: Ismail Gambling Big Time- Subdued Excitement Tension Rising.. An Irish Missionary'S Sermon.. Mei Ling Knifed To Death... Michael Curry'S Funeral Oration..: About Life On Earth In The Light Of Eternity . Ismail Being Messed Up By A Shark. His Cry God Save Me His Rescue.. Adventure Element: Antonia Up The Amazon Attacked By Anaconda.. Kuok'S Letter To Datuk Lee. Of Life Here And Now The Godly Life In Thoreau-Tarzan Environment.. Spiritual & Christian Themes Surfacing: Time Aging And Circumstances Move & Direct Human Lives Towards The Spirit. In Confinement Ismail Reflecting On Life... Time & Life Running Out For Ismail- Terror.. Antonia To The Amazon To Find Contentment.. Full Circle: Beginning At Terendak Camp (Malacca) & Ian Macdonald Thought Of. The Thrust Of The Above Notes And Observations Clearly Points To A Quality Of Entertaining Readability. Most Readers That Is Should Find This A Good Read What With Changing Scenes Narrative Twists & Turns Action Character Galore Politics Adventure Sex Money Matters Legal Matters Religion And All Thrown In Worked Into A Fast Paced Narrative Carrying An Almost Kaleidoscopic Variety In Terms Of Character Locale Situation And Event. All In All A Hold-All This Of Many Things - A Heady Mix And Match Of Interests And Preoccupations That Can Conceivably Have The Reader Hooked And Held For Page After Page Before - Towards The End - Making Him See The Emptiness Of It All Without Life'S Supreme Interest Reality And Truth: God.