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Kelly-ann Bowles. Lisa O'Brien. Terry Haines. A short summary of this paper. Download Download PDF. Consider yourself warned!! Saddle Valley is an elitist village in New Jersey and supposed to be one of the safest places in America. We are introduced to 3 married men with teenage children: 1.
John Tanner, a Director of News at some network. Richard Tremayne, an attorney who graduated from Yale and is quite a rainmaker at his current firm. Joe Cardone, a successful Princeton athlete who now works at Wall Street. The Ostermans are coming over next week to Saddle Valley for what is being dubbed as the titular "The Osterman Weekend". Tremayne and Cardone may be involved with Osterman in some sort of illegal activities to secure their financial future. They want to read Tanner in too, but he has not responded to their subtle hints.
Meanwhile the CIA which is an office nearby is aware of their activities and is going to threaten Tanner into helping them with the investigation on Monday.
They inform him that the center of this conspiracy is Saddle Valley and his 3 close friends might be a part of it, as evidenced by their hidden bank accounts in Switzerland. He is recruited by the CIA to unveil this conspiracy this weekend when the four families get together.
The CIA employs amusing tactics to make the 3 men suspicious of Tanner. A midnight call from Lisbon, an early morning telegram from Zurich and a note left on the doormat outside Here;s how one encounter with Osterman goes: A huge man in a chauffeur's uniform was sitting in the front seat of his car! He got out as Bernie approached and held the back door open for him.
What are you doing in. I want to know why you're sitting in my car! Be careful what you say to him. And now would you like me to drive you home? I don't understand I was simply trying to be friendly. For a detailed review, please see my progress updates. Also I have downloaded the 's Hollywood adaptation, so expect a feedback on the movie. Jun 27, Dipanjan rated it it was amazing. If I remember correctly, I had read this book sometime around This is the continuation of my journey back in time, into the world of Robert Ludlum which I had started in July with "The Scarlatti Inheritance".
As I had expected, "The Osterman Weekend" was much more exciting and enjoyable now as my own knowledge and awareness about the human psychology simply adds to deeper levels of unders "The Osterman Weekend" is yet another timeless classic by the Master of Espionage, Robert Ludlum. As I had expected, "The Osterman Weekend" was much more exciting and enjoyable now as my own knowledge and awareness about the human psychology simply adds to deeper levels of understanding of the intrigue created by Mr.
Ludlum in this book. And yet, it solidifies Ludlum as a game changer in the genre. This book shows that though the genre is "espionage", Mr. Ludlum is extremely versatile in exploring a completely different era, setup and environment while continuing to deliver undiluted intrigue. The main premise of the plot here is "lies and deception". It starts with simple thread and slowly Mr.
Ludlum spins out layers and layers of deception the reader has no clue what is the reality and what is the deception. This story is one of pure psychological battle. The protagonist, just a pawn, who happens to be the unfortunate individual who was a potential tool, nothing more than that. I guess "expendable" is the word I learnt during my teenage years from Mr. The "Osterman Weekend" is all about trust issues and how simple planted lies can break down years of trust in the blink of an eye, break down solid relationships built over years.
The dialogue and the narration of the book is more about what's left unsaid, or rather, what lies beneath what's actually being said, the insinuations, the suggestions, the veiled accusations.
What will draw you deeper and deeper into the cesspool of the plot is how anyone can be manipulated. This book is exactly like the "tentacle" in the book. It takes hold of you slowly, and then keeps grasping you till you find it difficult to breathe. You will know it's happening and the only way to save yourself is to race through to the end. This book is definitely a signature Robert Ludlum work. Deeply intriguing as the entire thrill and suspense is created through extremely well researched, delicately plotted and deadly manipulative deception.
Once you finish the book, you will realise that maybe, just maybe, one or few of your own relationships burnt down because of some "Osterman Weekend" had played out in the real life. Or maybe, it can play out before you even realise its happening. Jan 07, Nagesh rated it really liked it. Without exaggerating, the first time when I read this book during my first year of engineering I had to take a shower to get rid of the excess sweating.
I had never read such a chillingly thrilling novel until that time However the second time I read it I had totally forgotten about the storyline, characters and a Without exaggerating, the first time when I read this book during my first year of engineering I had to take a shower to get rid of the excess sweating.
However the second time I read it I had totally forgotten about the storyline, characters and all it was slightly less chilling, but gripping none the less You can try it definitely on a cold winter's evening Jun 08, Jamie rated it really liked it.
I remember watching the movie and remembering crossbows. There are no mention of crossbows in this novel at all. A newsman, John Tanner, is told at a secret meeting that all his best friends are Soviet agents and it is up to him to stop Omega, which is about to start an operation that will destroy America's economy.
The Cardonnes, Tremaynes and Ostermans have a planned weekend at the Tanner home. But this time the friends have been agitated by agents to prime them for the weekend. No one is them I remember watching the movie and remembering crossbows. No one is themselves and the weekend gets weirder and more violent. No one is exactly who he or she seems to be. Ludlum's themes of panic and paranoia prevail. May 09, Ash Bryant rated it it was amazing. The first Ludlum book I read and it is dear to my heart.
That Ludlum thriller is he? A fantastic story all round. Must read. Jan 12, Zare rated it it was amazing Shelves: thriller , thrillers , robert-ludlum , crime. I have to say movie always made me feel dizzy because I was never able to figure out what is up and what is down. And this kept me away from this gem of a thriller. So I picked it up recently and I have to say movie does not make it justice at all. In a center of the story are 4 married couples - Ostermans, Tanners, Cardones and Tremaynes.
All good friends and all joining on almost regular basis during their regular gathering, weekend called Osterman weekend. All couples are pretty successful in t I have to say movie always made me feel dizzy because I was never able to figure out what is up and what is down.
All couples are pretty successful in their fields - economics, news, movies - and have good career and personal lives some even living in same area. Apparently one or all of the couples is working for the Russians and there is no other way to flush them out.
Tanner of course cannot believe it but very soon he will start wandering if CIA is on target. And here story kicks in. What I liked the most is the way couples are portrayed - these are people that love each other, actually behave like they are in marriage and are ready to do whatever is required to help their spouse. There is no usual modern marriage issues and I liked this a lot. Do they quarrel, sure do but they always try to solve the problems which was quite refreshing when compared with modern view of "that other annoying one" which I find silly.
In any case it is clear form the start that couples have secrets they keep from their friends who does not lets be honest but this only helps fomenting the suspicion and constant thinking what was meant by this or that expression or word. Everyone is a suspect. Level of paranoia, constant second guessing [by Tanner] who of his friends is a bad guy, coupled with some serious mind messing stuff makes this story quite a thriller that does not stop until the very end.
This one had me glued from the start. Highly recommended to all fans of good thriller story. Shelves: stand-alone , american , thriller , fiction.
The book is now showing it's age, having a cold-war feel to it, although in no way is it about America's relationship with Russia. John Tanner and his wife Ali are preparing for a regular get together with three other couples at their home in Saddle Valley.
Flying in from LA are Bernie Osterman and his wife Leila and they are staying with the Tanners for what these get-togethers are always referred to as the Osterman Weekend. Just days before the start of festivities John Tanner is contacted by the CIA under very strange circumstances telling him that all is not well with the group and that some or maybe all of the other members are involved with Omega and that with the help of the CIA Tanner is to release information that will unsettle and hopefully expose those involved.
The CIA will listen in and ensure that Tanner, who is not permitted to tell anyone including his wife what is going on, and his family are safe. Many slip ups later and severe tensions arising amongst the four couples set the story going. For me there were too many of these slips and too many contradictions.
I also found the story a bit repetitive but at just over pages that wasn't too much of a problem. An interesting book that probably now belongs in a different time as the world and the enemies of all changes. Jan 05, Bruce Retallack rated it really liked it. I am torn about what rating to give this book - anywhere from 2 to 4. I first read it when it originally came out in and was totally blown away by the pace, tension and twists. A 5-star for sure at the time, as were all of Ludlum's first books before he became too famous and decided to eschew the use of an editor I don't know that for a fact, but the increasing bloat of his later novels made me think he didn't see any need to listen to proessional editors any more.
Picking this up 45 year I am torn about what rating to give this book - anywhere from 2 to 4. Picking this up 45 years later, a few things became apparent very quickly. First, it is dated in many ways, including the treatment of women and the non-stop smoking.
Understandable, maybe, but still off-putting. Second, his whole style, which was new and fresh when he first appeared, is now a part of our writing tradition - respected perhaps, but no longer fashionable or unique. And finally, the entire Cold War spy genre is well past its best-before-date. Ludlum wrote in the very immediate tradition of Fleming, Le Carre, Deighton and their emulators. It was a world that the contemporary readership, including myself, felt very familiar and connected with.
Today, it would be an historical novel, and therefore treated somewhat differently. In the end, I don't feel it has withstood the test of time very well. Nevertheless, I have given a 4-star rating based on what it was at the time of release, and its position in the historical lexicon.
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