Send a Fax to the Kasbah

Author: Dorothy Dunnett
List Price: $21.95
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ISBN: 0151808120
Publisher: Harcourt (May, 1992)
Sales Rank: 540,018
Average Customer Rating: 4 out of 5

Customer Reviews

Rating: 4 out of 5
Byzantine tales in Marrakech
Typical Dunnett Byzantine plot, yet set in modern Morocco. It's amazing how intricate her webs become, with only a half dozen major characters, yet each of them appears to have multiple connections and motivations. The story runs from Marrakech to seaside Esssaouria, then back to the Atlas mountains. Her descriptions of Morocco give vivid reality to the otherwise fantastic storyline

Rating: 3 out of 5
A very Convuluted Tale.
I found this book extremely confusing. The story is quite convuluted, and there are a lot of characters to keep straight. I did not enjoy this one as much as the other Dolly books. In this book Johnston seems to be somewhat of a caricature of himself. He makes a lot more mistakes than he has in other books. The bird, Wendy, is not as likeable as the other birds either, and I never did "get" her mother. The action takes place is Morocco, and that was interesting. There is a lot about big business takeovers and shenanigans. We see motorcycle, horse and car chases. There is no lack of venues or excitement, but still a difficult book to get through. I'm sorry this is the last book in the JJ series, because I never will now get to his secrets.

Rating: 5 out of 5
More JJ, *but* the picture's starting to come together.
The Johnson Johnson/Dolly series is, as the other reviewer says, lighter and more easily digestible than Dunnett's historical sagas, but share all the same characteristics: a strong dose of intrigue, rousing good chases and oblique heroics. MOROCCAN TRAFFIC/SEND A FAX TO THE KASBAH, like all the other JJ novels is a self-contained story, narrated by a completely new character with things to say about bifocals. But unlike all the other JJ novels, has overt continuity with previous books in the series. If you like to have your bombs exploded in the proper order, I highly recommend that you sit on this one until you've (at least) read DOLLY AND THE BIRD OF PARADISE/TROPICAL ISSUE.

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