Could you go off the grid and disappear forever? This is what Dewey Andres did, or at least tried to do, in the book Coup D’état by Ben Coes. Dewey tried escaping to a ranch in the Australian outback, but Aswan Fortuna still manages to track him down. That is also when the Americans come calling. They need Deweys talents to pull off a clandestine mission, a coup d’état in Pakistan. For Dewey, it is a race against the clock to pull this off and make the world a safe place again. The title of the book is the first impression the reader has of it, and in this book, it brings the title around and connects it to the plotline, gives away what the whole plotline is about, is the only option that is left in the book, and makes the most intriguing and suspenseful title that there can be. The title Coup D’état connects to the plotline of the book. However, the title does fit with one part of the book, connecting it like a circle, ☺ (simile) when; “’So it’s happening right now?’ ‘Yes, Field Marshal,’ said Dewey. ‘Coup d’état.” (Coes …show more content…
This title is not tacit. It is out there on the edge. And to top off all that, it is not an English word. It comes from the French. The title reaches out and grabs your attention because it is different than most other titles. For a casual reader, that all adds a bit of intrigue to the book. As far as suspense goes; “We didn’t discuss the concept of a coup. As you know there are significant political considerations.” (Coes 237). The whole idea is very far fletched, and that is what creates the suspense. The title of the book is a crucial structure of the book because it gives off the first impression to readers. In the book, Coup D’état, the title connects to the plotline, gives away the plotline of the book, and gives suspense and intrigue to the book before the front page has even been read. The title that Ben Coes gave to his book fits