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A review by usbsticky
The Venom Business by Michael Crichton, John Lange
2.0
I would guess this book was written in the late 60's or early 70's. It just has the feel of one of those Malko Linge books, except it's not as good. The build-up appeared to go on forever as there was no point to the story and the twists went on forever. Despite the title and description, the plot doesn't have much to do with snakes.
Spoilers:
I actually liked the beginning of the story where the protagonist was in Mexico catching snakes. But it was just a prequel to the plot. The actual plot has to do with the heir of a fortune, which he is supposed to collect in a month or two when he turns 34 years and 2 months old. But all it is is the rich British upper crust scene where people are having sex and doing drugs endlessly. I dnf'ed at 58% of the book because it just got boring and I didn't care about any of the people in it.
Spoilers:
I actually liked the beginning of the story where the protagonist was in Mexico catching snakes. But it was just a prequel to the plot. The actual plot has to do with the heir of a fortune, which he is supposed to collect in a month or two when he turns 34 years and 2 months old. But all it is is the rich British upper crust scene where people are having sex and doing drugs endlessly. I dnf'ed at 58% of the book because it just got boring and I didn't care about any of the people in it.