* * * * *If you enjoyed this book, another novel by Paul Alexander Bartlett isWHEN THE OWL CRIESThis book is available in a variety of free downloadable formats from Project Gutenberg:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40245.What reviewers had to say aboutWhen the Owl Cries:"As you turn the pages you ask, what next? That is the immemorial appeal of the thriller. But what gives the story stature as a work of creative art is that Mr. Bartlett has been at pains to populate it with believable characters who are stirred by intensely personal concerns." Charles Poore,N.Y. Times"The book charms with its expert knowledge of place and people." Paul Engle,Chicago Tribune"Vivid, impressive, highly pictorial. What makes it a pleasure to read is its marvelous vignettes of Mexican ways of life." Lon Tinkle,Dallas News"Only rarely is an American writer gifted with the perception and sensitivity required to translate into English the intensity and sense of tragedy of the Latin races." Joe Knoefler,L.A. Times"Mr. Bartlett has given us a powerful, unusual and haunting novel, filled with characters as real as the headlines in today's papers, who move towards the inevitability of defeat like figures in a Greek tragedy." Gwen,The Oxford Mail"A beautifully atmospheric tale..."The Washington Post"A dramatic, well-written symbol of transition..."San Jose Mercury"A book of substance and depth, beautifully and poetically written..."Moberly Monitor"Achieves a totality of effect that reminds one of Poe..."Wichita Falls Times"If you like to feel the exotic made factual, here it is..."Saskatchewan Star"A lively and richly picturesque chronicle of a Mexico that was..."Chicago Sun-Times"An intense struggle heightened by personal involvement, written with understanding..."Los Angeles Examiner"Bartlett has pinpointed the struggle between the old order and the new, between father and son..."Atlanta Journal"Articulate ... believable ... the book charms with its expert knowledge of place and people..."Chicago Tribune"A skillfully written novel, interwoven with color and excitement..."New Bedford Standard"A suspenseful story..."The Diplomat"A story of change, love, violence and corruption that moves fast..."Sacramento Bee"One of the high ranking novels of the year ... between realism and poetry ... brilliant, colorful and smooth."Worcester Telegram"A penetrating novel, with wonderful scenes and rich understanding..."Long Beach Press"A novel of exploitation and retribution..."London Free Press"A novel of haunting significance..."Bay St. Louis News"A capably written novel about a colorful land and an exciting era..."Los Angeles Mirror"Filled with impressive details of landscape and Mexican life ... all presented with an artist's eye..."Richmond News Leader*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOKFORWARD, CHILDREN!***
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If you enjoyed this book, another novel by Paul Alexander Bartlett is
WHEN THE OWL CRIES
This book is available in a variety of free downloadable formats from Project Gutenberg:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40245.
What reviewers had to say aboutWhen the Owl Cries:
"As you turn the pages you ask, what next? That is the immemorial appeal of the thriller. But what gives the story stature as a work of creative art is that Mr. Bartlett has been at pains to populate it with believable characters who are stirred by intensely personal concerns." Charles Poore,N.Y. Times
"The book charms with its expert knowledge of place and people." Paul Engle,Chicago Tribune
"Vivid, impressive, highly pictorial. What makes it a pleasure to read is its marvelous vignettes of Mexican ways of life." Lon Tinkle,Dallas News
"Only rarely is an American writer gifted with the perception and sensitivity required to translate into English the intensity and sense of tragedy of the Latin races." Joe Knoefler,L.A. Times
"Mr. Bartlett has given us a powerful, unusual and haunting novel, filled with characters as real as the headlines in today's papers, who move towards the inevitability of defeat like figures in a Greek tragedy." Gwen,The Oxford Mail
"A beautifully atmospheric tale..."The Washington Post
"A dramatic, well-written symbol of transition..."San Jose Mercury
"A book of substance and depth, beautifully and poetically written..."Moberly Monitor
"Achieves a totality of effect that reminds one of Poe..."Wichita Falls Times
"If you like to feel the exotic made factual, here it is..."Saskatchewan Star
"A lively and richly picturesque chronicle of a Mexico that was..."Chicago Sun-Times
"An intense struggle heightened by personal involvement, written with understanding..."Los Angeles Examiner
"Bartlett has pinpointed the struggle between the old order and the new, between father and son..."Atlanta Journal
"Articulate ... believable ... the book charms with its expert knowledge of place and people..."Chicago Tribune
"A skillfully written novel, interwoven with color and excitement..."New Bedford Standard
"A suspenseful story..."The Diplomat
"A story of change, love, violence and corruption that moves fast..."Sacramento Bee
"One of the high ranking novels of the year ... between realism and poetry ... brilliant, colorful and smooth."Worcester Telegram
"A penetrating novel, with wonderful scenes and rich understanding..."Long Beach Press
"A novel of exploitation and retribution..."London Free Press
"A novel of haunting significance..."Bay St. Louis News
"A capably written novel about a colorful land and an exciting era..."Los Angeles Mirror
"Filled with impressive details of landscape and Mexican life ... all presented with an artist's eye..."Richmond News Leader
*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOKFORWARD, CHILDREN!***