Book Reviews

David Baldacci
A short biography by Jonny Zetterström

I remember when I first discovered David Baldacci a few years ago. I was standby at work and picked out a paperback — “The Winner” — from the bookshelf. I was instantly hooked and from there on I’ve been looking for books by Baldacci.

David Baldacci has written thirteen consecutive New York Times best sellers:

Absolute Power
Total Control
The Winner
The Simple Truth
Saving Faith
Wish You Well
Last Man Standing
The Christmas Train
Split Second
Hour Game
The Camel Club
The Collectors
Simple Genius

There’s also Freddy and the French Fries children’s series for young readers.

David was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1960. He’s recieved a Bachelor of Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Law Degree from University of Virginia. He spent nine years practicing law in Washington, D.C..

Although a best selling novelist he made numerous unsucessful attempts at writing screenplays and shortstories before turning into novels. It took him three years to complete his first novel, Absolute Power. It took another two years to get it published. But once it was published it was an international best seller. Castle Rock Entertainment turned the book into a motion picture starring Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman.

Baldaccis books have been published in more than 40 languages in more than 80 countries. There are more than 50 million copies sold world wide.

Residing with his wife and two children in Vienna, Virginia, he’s the cofounder of the Wish You Well Foundation. It is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across America.

The Camel Club
by David Baldacci
Review by Jonny Zetterström

Oliver Stone is a mysterious man. Obviously it’s a taken name used by the caretaker of a cemetery who spends a great amount of his time in a tent in Washington, D.C. The tent on one side of the street and the White House on the other.

The story unfolds as the Camel Club holds a private meeting but ends up bearing witness to a murder of an employee of the NIC — National Intelligence Center. Meanwhile a group of arabs prepares for an attack on the President of the United States.

Suddenly the conspiracy theories no longer seem so far fetched.

Honestly, yes, it did take some time to “get into” the book but after reading the first few chapters I was hooked. Baldacci is an excellent writer and one of my favorite ones — for a reason. I was hooked. I loved the book and I had to try hard not to bite my fingernails in the suspense.

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