Absolute Power (novel)

Absolute Power (novel)

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name = Absolute Power
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author = David Baldacci
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Crime novel
publisher = Warner Books
release_date = November 1, 1996
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media_type = Print (Hardback and Paperback)
pages = 505 pp (first edition, hardback)
isbn = ISBN 0-446-60358-9 (first edition, hardback)
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"Absolute Power" is a 1996 book by David Baldacci, which was made into a 1997 film starring Clint Eastwood.

Plot summary

Luther Whitney, a man in his late 60s, is a well experienced burglar, who specializes in burglarizing the wealthy. On the night of his planned last heist ever, something went wrong. In the midst of burglarizing the house, he entered a hidden vault, that held many of the owner's riches. This vault would allow him to see everything that was going on in the bedroom by way of a one-way mirror. While the lady of the house unexpectedly returned with a companion, the President of the United States, Whitney was trapped inside and witnessed two Secret Service agents killing the billionaire's trampy young wife as she tried to defend her own life. A night that she had thought would be considered a sexual fantasy had suddenly turned violent. Realizing this terrible turn of events had put himself as an eyewitness and accessory to a brutal murder, Whitney stole one last item, the only thing that may save him from the only man with absolute power.

ee also

*Absolute Power (film)


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