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Crazydog
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09-26-2002

Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 11:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jeffrey Archer is one of my favorite authors. I just finished "Sons of Fortune" and thought it was fantastic. He is the master of the dynastic saga. I hadn't been too thrilled about the two most recent novels, "The Fourth Estate" and "The Eleventh Commandment". I can't even remember what "The Eleventh Commandment" was about!

Anywho, I just finished "Sons of Fortune" and I have a question about the ending. It seems like he was deliberately trying to leave the question of who won the election uncertain. It said "one of them called heads, but then again, he always called heads." The coin ended up heads, so whoever was the one who called it, wins.

So who was it? The only time I remember a reference to "heads" was when Fletcher called heads during his televised debate with Barbara Hunter. I was looking for a reference to Nat always calling heads, but never found one.

I find it hard to believe that Lord Archer wouldn't have deliberately tried to make it ambiguous. So is it Fletcher who won, or did I miss a reference to Nat always calling heads? And if so, where was it?

Awareinva
Member

08-13-2001

Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 6:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Crazydog,

Just read this book and thought the same thing. I didn't even remember the reference to Fletcher calling heads. Planned to go back through the book and see if I could find any clues. I love Jeffrey Archer and was like ... what the heck with this ending???? I'm glad I wasn't the only one who missed the clues if there were any.... I have a new baby and haven't been getting much sleep so just thought I missed the clues :-)