Review: I AM PILGRIM, Terry Hayes

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  This edition read as an e-book on Kindle (Amazon)
  
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00D3NSDVO
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Transworld Digital, originally published 2013
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 705 pages
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1448170609
• An Amazon Best Book of the Month, June 2014
• a bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club pick  

 Synopsis (Amazon)

The astonishing story of one man's breakneck race against time to save America from oblivion.

A FATHER PUBLICLY BEHEADED. Killed in the blistering heat of a Saudi Arabian public square.

A YOUNG WOMAN DISCOVERED. All of her identifying characteristics dissolved by acid.

A SYRIAN BIOTECH EXPERT FOUND EYELESS. Dumped in a Damascus junkyard.

SMOULDERING HUMAN REMAINS. Abandoned on a remote mountainside in Afghanistan.

PILGRIM. The codename for a man who doesn't exist. A man who must return from obscurity. The only man who can uncover a flawless plot to commit an appalling crime against humanity.

My Take

I seem to be reading long books lately. Here is another one.

I would classify it as a thriller rather than my usual crime fiction.  But despite its length, there wasn't a moment when I considered stopping. Those who have called it a page turner are right.

It brings together a number of seemingly disconnected stories against a background of events that we are very familiar with and that have shaped our world in the last thirty or so years. 

Highly recommended. 

My rating: 4.6

About the author

Terry Hayes is a highly reputed English-born author from the United States, who likes to write mystery and thriller novels. He is also a noteworthy screenwriter and producer, best known for his collaborations with the production house of Kennedy Miller. 
Author Terry was born on October 8, 1951, in England. Before getting worldwide recognition as a writer of mystery novels, author Terry used to originally work as a journalist in New York. He was involved in this profession for a considerable amount of time. On one occasion he got the chance to meet the popular Hollywood director named George Miller while he was doing the novelization of the plot of the 1979 famous movie Mad Max. After a few more unexpected meetings, the two began going along well. When they became acquainted with each other very well, author Terry was hired by George Miller to help him in developing the script for the sequel of Mad Max, called Mad Max 2.
Author Terry also wrote an unused screenplay of the popular Hollywood film called Planet of Apes in the year 1994. The script was titled as ‘Return of the Apes’. 

As an author, Terry made his debut in the year 2013 with the release of his novel titled as ‘I Am Pilgrim’. This book was published by the Transworld publication. Just after one month of the release of the book, its film rights were acquired by the production company of Metro Goldwyn Mayer. The production also hired author Terry for adapting the plot of the novel into the screenplay of the film.