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  • A Most Wanted Man

  • By: John le Carré
  • Narrated by: Roger Rees
  • Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (468 ratings)

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A Most Wanted Man

By: John le Carré
Narrated by: Roger Rees
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Publisher's summary

A half-starved young Russian man in a long black overcoat is smuggled into Hamburg at dead of night. He has an improbable amount of cash secreted in a purse around his neck. He is a devout Muslim. Or is he? He says his name is Issa.

Annabel, an idealistic young German civil rights lawyer, determines to save Issa from deportation. Soon her client's survival becomes more important to her than her own career -- or safety. In pursuit of Issa's mysterious past, she confronts the incongruous Tommy Brue, the sixty-year-old scion of Brue Frères, a failing British bank based in Hamburg.

Annabel, Issa and Brue form an unlikely alliance -- and a triangle of impossible loves is born. Meanwhile, scenting a sure kill in the "War on Terror," the rival spies of Germany, England and America converge upon the innocents.

Thrilling, compassionate, peopled with characters the reader never wants to let go, A Most Wanted Man is a work of deep humanity and uncommon relevance to our times.

©2008 John le Carre (P)2008 Simon & Schuster

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Extreme Disappointment

What did you like about this audiobook?

Absolutely nothing.

How has the book increased your interest in the subject matter?

I enjoy the genre, so a poor story and plot will not decrease my interest.

Does the author present information in a way that is interesting and insightful, and if so, how does he achieve this?

The whole book should have been binned, The storyline was so drawn out that it was difficult to be interested, and the author failed to hold my attention.

What did you find wrong about the narrator's performance?

I don't think the narrator can be blamed for a story / plot that has little guts

Do you have any additional comments?

This was my first John Le Carre book and with its recent adaption as a film, and good reviews I expected an interesting and gripping read. I was very disappointed, the plot was thin, dragged out. I can think of no reason why I would revisit Le Carre.
After reading the Publishers Summary I can't think he and I read the same book.

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Highly disappointing

The storyline was surprisingly thin. Being an avid spy fiction reader, I cannot think of a less intricate plot from anything else I've read.

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