The Road to Gandolfo

The Road to Gandolfo

Infobox Book |
name = The Road to Gandolfo
title_orig =
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image_caption = "The Road to Gandolfo" first edition cover.
author = Michael Shephard
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country = United States
language = English
series =
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genre = Crime novel
publisher = Dial Press
pub_date = January 1975
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 258 pp "(first edition)"
isbn = ISBN 0803759207
oclc =
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followed_by = The Road to Omaha

"The Road to Gandolfo" is a story by Michael Shephard (a pen name used by Robert Ludlum) about General MacKenzie Hawkins ("The Hawk"), a living military legend and a veteran. He defaces an important Chinese memorial as a result of being drugged by a Chinese general. He later gets kicked out of the army. Seeking revenge, he plots one of the most outrageous plans ever - to kidnap the Pope and hold him for ransom of $400 million - one dollar for every Catholic in the world.

The only person to stop him is Sam Devereaux, an army lawyer who rescues the Hawk from China but subsequently himself gets trapped in the Hawk’s plan.

The story revolves around how the Hawk executes the mission in amazing precision and discipline along with his band of seven provocateurs and the unexpected reaction by the Pope.

Additional information

Unlike the usual books by Ludlum, this one tends to be overwhelmingly humorous. There is a sequel to this story called "The Road to Omaha".

Publication history


*1975, US, Dial Press ISBN 0803759207, Pub date January 1975, Hardback
*1982, US, Bantam Books ISBN 0553260812, Pub date July 1, 1982, Paperback
*1976, UK, Grafton ISBN 0246109254 Pub date August 23, 1976, Hardback
*1992, UK, HarperCollins ISBN 0586043756, Pub date March 26, 1992, Paperback

External links

* [http://www.allreaders.com/Topics/info_1172.asp?BSID=11387950 The Road to Gandolfo - Robert Ludlum Book Review]


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