Leon Uris (45 page)
Authors: A God in Ruins
Tags: #Fiction, #General, #Jewish, #Presidents, #Political, #Presidential Candidates
For My Beloved
It has come to this
You beside me
This is my unwritten speech to you
Inaugural, a first poem
You found in your pocket
On this night I am my own crowd of supporters,
Which trusts so much the familiar slope of your ear
that listens to you listen,
gives a fair account of what you hear,
surrounds your every cell
as if each were its own true conviction,
and I am not afraid how many other distant from you
may keep you this way.
For they want to know you as I know you,
just as after seeing a painting of a radiant
faraway land.
You arrive there and find it unchanged.
Leon Uris
earned worldwide acclaim as the author of such bestsellers as
A God in Ruins, Redemption, Trinity, Exodus, Milta Pass, Mila 18, QBVII, Topaz, and Armageddon,
among others. His first novel,
Battle Cry
, was published in 1953. Fifty years later, this esteemed author has over 150 million copies in print worldwide. Leon Uris passed away in June 2003.
Battle Cry
The Angry Hills
Exodus
Mila 18
Armageddon
Topaz
QB VII
Trinity
The Haj
Mitla Pass
Redemption
A God in Ruins
O’Hara’s Choice
“A good story.”
Toronto Sun
“The latest novel by the author of
Exodus
has not only a timely theme…it’s got sex and intrigue too.”
Providence Journal
“Powerful.”
Winnipeg Free Press
“Good Uris beats the best of John Grisham or Tom Clancy any time.”
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
“Fans will greet
A God in Ruins
…with anticipation.”
Indianapolis Star
Redemption
“
Redemption
is without equal when it comes to solidly enjoyable reading.”
Irish Voice
“Vivid and engrossing…Uris has created some interesting characters and given them plenty of reasons to love and hate one another.”
Chicago Tribune
“A master…. When you turn that last page, it will have been worth your while.”
San Diego Blade Citizen
“Quite fun and colorfully portrayed…. The result is a thoroughly readable, insightful saga that lingers long after the book itself is put down.”
Washington Sunday Times
“As always, Uris deftly manages a cast of hundreds and propels his narrative along at a swift and satisfying pace.”
Chattanooga Times
“The narrative clips along…rivalling the best of his earlier work. Few writers who have tackled the Troubles have exhibited the scope or the skills Uris demonstrates here.”
Publishers Weekly
The poems “Confession I” and “Confession II” (which appear on pages 221, 222, and 517) were written by Anna Stoessinger and reprinted with her permission. © 1999 Anna Stoessinger.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
A GOD IN RUINS
. Copyright © 1999 by Leon Uris. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineeered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
ePub edition July 2003 eISBN 9780061744334
First Avon Books paperback printing: September 1999
First HarperCollins hardcover printing: June 1999
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