Black Sunday by Thomas Harris   A book review by Endre Barath, a Beverly Hills Realtor and avid reader

Black Sunday by Thomas Harris   A book review by Endre Barath, a Beverly Hills Realtor and avid reader

My latest read and book review and a novel that was published in 1975, and I am the proud owner of a First Ed. hard cover. Thomas Harris penned this book after he watched the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre. As I was an Interpreter at the Munich Olympics Press Center for these Games, sadly I could relate to much of this novel; because of this, as you might imagine, this book holds extra meaning for me.

The novel’s plot is about terrorists attempting to create mass murder at the Super Bowl in New Orleans. We have a Vietnam veteran battling personal demons (think marital issues and thoughts of suicide) who flies a blimp over the Stadium for the networks to cover the game and wants to take as many people as possible ‘out’ with him.  Enter a female character who is part of Black September (yes, the same group that was involved with the Olympics Massacre) who offers him the opportunity to potentially kill close to 80,000 people in the Stadium; as an added ‘bonus’ the President of the United States is planning to attend the game as well. Now you’ve got the general idea of the story, one that is filled with American Intelligence and FBI agents, Israeli Mossad agents and Palestinian terrorists to name a few key players.  Not wanting to give away the ending, I will say that I had a hard time at night to stop reading the novel. Once you get going with it, you just want to keep reading to get to the finish line.

I’m glad that I finally read Thomas Harris’ first novel. The parallels of Munich for me were very eerie as I could truly relate and appreciate the plot; I felt as if I was living in the moment.

Word has it this book was not a big blockbuster hit until Harris ended up selling it to Hollywood and it was made into a movie in 1977.  If the author’s name rings a bell, yes, Thomas Harris is also the creator of Hanibal Lecter and The Silence of the Lambs.

As I say in most of my book reviews, if you have not read this one and love a page turner, this one’s for you.

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