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Slow Horses
- Slough House, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Mick Herron
- Narrateur(s): Gerard Doyle
- Durée: 10 h et 46 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 150
Slough House is a dumping ground for British intelligence agents who've screwed up cases in any number of ways - by leaving a secret file on a train or blowing a surveillance. River Cartwright, one such "slow horse", is bitter about his failure and about his tedious assignment transcribing cell phone conversations. When a young man is abducted and his kidnappers threaten to broadcast his beheading live on the Internet, River sees an opportunity to redeem himself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Classic British Spy Story set in Modern Times
- Écrit par David waldron le 2018-10-02
- Slow Horses
- Slough House, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Mick Herron
- Narrateur(s): Gerard Doyle
Classic British Spy Story set in Modern Times
Évalué le: 2018-10-02
Mick Heron's novel is brilliant in setting a classic British spy story in modern London. There is lots of spy trade-craft plied by flawed heroes set in a London so realistically described by its contrast between the excitement of power and the frustration of drab, grey congestion. If you like the spy thriller genre, or if you have ever had the exhilarating vexation of working in London, you will love this book.
On the performance side, Gerard Doyle is a fantastic reader. However, Heron uses many rapid cuts between parallel scenes in his story. He also uses multiple narrated first-person perspectives. The reader looking at a page can see these cuts and changes by an extra line, or even a separating symbol inserted between the switches. The listener does not get this visual signal, so we need a at least a longer pause between the cuts. This is particularly true at the end of the story when Heron has us flashing between four locations in rapid succession. Without those breaks, I found myself constantly hitting rewind to pick up the lead-in to the switched scenes. Then again maybe I am a slow horse too.
Overall its a great start to a series for me and as I have several long drives coming up I am looking forward to the sequels.
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