You can really feel the tension and suspense as an internal flight is hijacked by three men and a dog in Morocco. However, as the story progresses, the author's use of English seems to hint at not taking the novel too seriously.
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It is worthwhile to note the following detail, which I do recall with utter clarity: save for a few gasps, the sort that a low moon or an unexpected view of the sea might elicit, nobody in the coach screamed, not a single passenger, when Tom, the steward, emerged from the first-class cabin with a gun.
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