This book is the true story of the Mossad's operation to bring Adolf Eichmann to justice for his crimes during the Holocaust. The Mossad members went to Argentina, came up with a plan, and got their target out of there. They dealt with various obstacles, almost caught up with Josef Mengele (another really high-value target), and brought Eichmann back to Israel to stand trial.
The writing in this book was very factual, but it still read like a spy novel. Maybe it should have been boring at times, but I wasn't bored. I was fascinated by the amount of preparation that went into this operation. They made sure they had the right man, they had multiple plans in case something went wrong, and they were able to pull it off.
The really funny thing about this book is that it made me nervous. Obviously, they got Eichmann out of Argentina, but the way the book was written made me feel some of the tension these men and women must have went through at the time. I'm just curious what Eichmann thought he was going to gain by playing the servant to his captors. It was a bit creepy. This definitely gets a Good Book! review.
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