Absolute Power (novel)
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| Author | David Baldacci |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Warner Books |
| Released | November 1, 1996 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and Paperback) |
| Pages | 505 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-446-60358-9 (first edition, hardback) |
Absolute Power is a 1996 book by David Baldacci, which was made into a 1997 film starring Clint Eastwood.
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[edit] Plot introduction
A thriller which combines political intrigue and suspense, Absolute Power is a crime fiction which the hero found to be in trouble for knowing too much.
[edit] Plot summary
Luther Whitney, a man in his late 60's, is a well experienced burglar, who specializes in burglarizing the wealthy. On the night of his planned last heist ever, something goes wrong. In the midst of burglarizing the house, he enters a vault which allows him to see everything which goes on in the bedroom by way of a one way mirror. While the lady of the house returned with a companion he was trapped inside and he witnesses two Secret Service agents killing the billionaire's trampy young wife as she tries to fight off the drunken sexual advances of the nation's chief executive. That made Whitney the target of the nation's executive.
[edit] Characters in " Absolute Power "
- Luther Whitney - a professional burglar who witnessed the American President's involvoment in murder
- Jack Graham - once a public defender and now a high-powered corporate attorney, involoved into the case because the burglar was the father of his former financee
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