The Gold shows a fairly accurate depiction of the Brink’s-Mat money-laundering scam, with Cooper and Gordon Parry (Sean Harris) – who was a real person involved with the scam – funnelling the money into multiple bank accounts in places such as Switzerland, Jersey, and Lichtenstein.

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both potentially interesting characters, except they are presented in one-dimensional terms throughout their stay in the novel, and really exist for no other purpose than to end up the way they do (at least in the case of Theo's dad). Donna Tartt is an American author who has achieved critical and public acclaim for her novels, which have been published in forty languages. And Theo makes so many bad choices throughout the novel that it was difficult for me to care about what happened to him.

The Base Date is relevant in respect of a number of clauses in the JCT Design and Build Contract 2016:•Fourth Recital—The parties state the Employer’s CIS status at the Base Date (also see clause 4. I found Tartt's writing to be at times quite lovely, but I got the feeling she is a little too enamored with her own skill. Brightwell remained with the police for a while after Brink’s-Mat but is thought to have moved into the private sector and worked for security firms. Stories of corruption in Kent persisted until 2014, when four officers were sacked following accusations of manipulating crime stats – by getting criminals to confess to crimes they hadn’t committed. In mid-2014, Vanity Fair reported that the book had "some of the severest pans in memory from the country's most important critics and sparked a full-on debate in which the naysayers believe that nothing less is at stake than the future of reading itself.

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Adams was investigated as part of the 1987 corruption probe, Operation Russell (which saw another investigated officer commit suicide) and was later named in reports on the Stephen Lawrence murder investigation. Other fictional figures include Edwyn’s wife Isabelle Cooper (Ruth Bradley) and his girlfriend Sienna Rose (Ellora Torchia). At no point does Tartt convince you that Theo is something other than a poorly realized grand idea and that the plot, character and actions are more than an academic exercise. For forty years, myths and legends have grown around the Brink's-Mat heist and the events that followed. He used the money either earned or stolen from Brink’s-Mat to launch the biggest time share operation in the world.But in 1990 the Director of Public Prosecutions announced that there was no evidence to support any charge against him regarding corruption allegations, and he did not face any subsequent disciplinary action. The BBC has commissioned The Gold, a gripping new drama inspired by the iconic true story of the Brink’s-Mat robbery and the decades-long chain of events that followed. I was personally threatened with death by Kenneth Noye,” says Clarkson, “in a note that he wrote in one of my books. As I read the reviews I am fascinated by the fact that I agree with aspects of many of them, whether they rate the book one, two, three, or even four stars. Theo's mourning for his mother in particular, felt vaguely like a lovesick teenager's rendition of grief in a creative writing class.

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Forsyth said there was a lot from the real-life robbery he wanted to include but couldn’t due to the time constraints.BBC One's The Gold is about an armed robbery, and due to the nature of the plot will have some viewers wondering if it is a true story or not. As the series goes on, McAvoy becomes concerned about the safety of his share of the loot, which was also true. It was a number one bestseller in Finland in June 2014 [38] and in Germany, The Goldfinch reached number two on the Der Spiegel bestseller list.