I Read the book back in 2009, and have one particular quote that struck out and that I remembered, althought it slightly changed over time, today i wanted to find the passage and it took me a great deal of time. I believe the editor of this pace should find room for an abreviated version of this, containing the 2 ways to get rich.
| “ | 'There are two ways to become rich,' McCain began again. 'You can persuade one person to give you a lot of money - but that means finding someone who is wealthy and stupid enough in the first place, and it may involve criminal violence. Or you can ask a great many people to give you a little money. This was the thought that obsessed me while I was in prison and it was there that I came up with my idea. It was easy enough to fake my conversion to Christianity. Everyone likes a sinner who repents. And it certainly impressed the parole board. I was released a long time before i had completed my sentence and I immediately set up my charity, First Aid. The aim, as I described it, was to be the first organization to respond to disasters whereever they took place.['] | ” |
—Desmond McCain to Alex Rider - Chapter: All For Charity, p. 301, Crocodile Tears |
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The book is missing an end quote as the monologue is breaking to be continued, to illustrate a natural but brief pause in Desmond Mccain's monologue. The "Conversation" goes on for several pages, and is the main reveal of Desmond McCains motivations, plans, and operations. It's a classic villains reveal moment.