{"product_id":"9780553271096","title":"The Road to Gandolfo","description":"In this wickedly funny novel, Robert Ludlum combines the explosive pacing of \u003cb\u003eThe Bourne Identity\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Bourne Supremacy\u003c\/b\u003e with a bitingly witty send-up of everything from government bureaucrats and pandering military men to the mob, the law, and organized religion. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWar hero and infamous ladies’ man, General MacKenzie Hawkins is a living legend. His life story had even been sold to Hollywood. But now he stands accused of defacing a historic monument in China’s Forbidden City. Under house arrest in Peking, with a case against him pending in Washington, it looks like the end of Mac’s illustrious career. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut he has a plan of his own—and it includes kidnapping the Pope. What’s the ransom? Just one American dollar—\u003ci\u003efor every Catholic in the world\u003c\/i\u003e. Add to the mix a slew of shady “investors,” Hawkins’s four persuasive, well-endowed ex-wives, and a young lawyer and fellow soldier who wants nothing more than to return to private life—and you’ve got one relentlessly irreverent page-turner.","brand":"Robert Ludlum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Mass market (rack) paperback","offer_id":42789032427680,"sku":"9780553271096","price":4.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d38f6e2b-bc61-4120-8a3a-e61f1366b978.jpg?v=1669072209","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780553271096","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}