title: The Broken Parachute Man: A Novel of Medical Intrigue
author: Robert Bolin
pages: 292
genre: fiction
published: 2008
first line: I've always wanted to be what I am not.
rated: 3 out of 3
Clyde Young works for a pharmaceutical company and is aboard a plane on his way to make a presentation for work. While aboard, terrorists hijack the plane and Clyde winds up being thrown out of the plane, and using a parachute that barely works, he manages to land and survive the fall.
The scenes were Clyde is trying to survive in the wilderness were interesting but I did find it completely unbelieveable that he survived falling out of the plane to begin with. He also doesn't seem like the kind of person to survive such extreme weather and conditions. He's overweight and over fifty years old. And there's nothing wrong with overweight 50 year olds, but for this character to survive falling out of a plane, only to be stranded for weeks in the middle of the wilderness in snowy Idaho is highly unlikely if not impossible. Plus, he's only wearing a business suit and has no snow gear at all. He loses most of his fingers and toes due to frostbite and is even stalked by hungry wolves at one point, he survives that also. Once Spring arrives, he is able to make it down the mountain and is found by snowmobile riders who take him into town. No one believes Clydes story, and he is even suspected of being one of the terrorists. He then makes his way to Las Vegas, meets a few interesting characters and begins to investigate why all this has happened to him. As he is trying to find answers, Clyde discovers that his employer has created a drug that has deadly side effects. He knows he must expose them before its too late.
So as I said, if you are willing to believe anything can happen, then you will enjoy this book. I thought it was an okay read, I just need my books to be somewhat believeable, even if they are fiction. I wouldn't count out reading anymore Robert B. Bolin books, this book was interesting enough to keep me reading. My one big bother with it was its lack of belief.
Special thanks to Elizabeth McCurry over at http://www.phenixpublicity.com/ for sending me this book.
This book has also been reviewed by: Debbie and Cheryl
About the author:
Robert B. Bolin, M.D. is a hematologist and oncologist for the Skylakes Medical Center. He holds a Bachelor of Science from The College of Idaho and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Colorado. Bolin currently resides in Klamath Falls, Ore., and is working on his third novel, The Pepperbox Diary, which is a
historic look at the prejudices miners faced in early 1900s. For more information, please visit http://www.robertbolin.com/.
