Review: Very interesting and informative!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2013
I had never read anything by Petersen, and I thoroughly enjoyed "The Asset".  This novel gives you a lot of accurate information on the background of Chavez, the recent political situation in Venezuela, and takes the reader through a very realistic series of events surrounding the attempted coup some years ago.  In fact, this book reads a lot closer to a documentary than it does a novel.  I found it very, very interesting, and harvested some insights about the situation in Venezuela that I would not otherwise understand.  There are a lot of novels that are fun, and some are more interesting than others.  This book was interesting, and also taught you along the way.