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The Bourne Identity

By: Robert Ludlum
Narrated by: Darren McGavin
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Publisher's summary

He is a man with an unknown past and an uncertain future. A man dragged from the sea riddled with bullets, his face altered by plastic surgery—a man bearing the dubious identity of Jason Bourne. Now he is running for his life, the target of professional assassins, at the center of a maddening, deadly puzzle.

Who is Jason Bourne? To answer that question, he must find the secret buried deep in his own past. And the only one who can help him is a beautiful stranger—the woman who once would do anything to escape him. Plus, hear a preview of Ludlum's riveting thriller The Bourne Ultimatum.

©1987 Robert Ludlum and Bantam Audio Publishing (P)1987 Bantam Audio Publishing, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House Inc.

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I wish I had listened

I wish I had read all the reviews before I purchased this audio book! This was my first experiance with audible and I was not aware that those books that do not say "Unabridged" are indeed abridged. That being said, this book was not terrible, that is all I can say for it. I have to agree that the movie will not help fill in the blanks, the only things that are the same are the character names, and that Bourne cannot remember who he is or what he does. Beyond those two things, the book and the movie are completely different stories. I just wish Audible offered the Bourne books unabridged! This version is much too confusing.

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    3 out of 5 stars

Was disappointed

Honestly I want my credit back lol. I thought it would be similar to te movie but far more detail etc. I wasn't that impressed with this one.

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    2 out of 5 stars

It's just annoying

The guy talks to fast and then too slow.
Didn't realize it was abridged, dislike abridged books.

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Yikes

Where is the full book? The version is terrible!
The music in the background is so distracting

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Abridged

Did not realize this was an abridged copy of this book. This has always been one of my favorite books and wanted my husband to listen to it. So disappointing that it is abridged. So much of the story is missing.

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disjointed

difficult to follow. going to read the unabridged version because I did not enjoy this version at all

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Not exactly sure hat was expected.

This in only about 2 1/2 hrs long and seems to be edited heavily and seems to jump around a lot. Very disappointed

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what a waste

waste of time and money. background music ruined performance. abridged so poorly the story was incomprehensible.

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Not the complete book

This was discounted and there were gaping holes in the story. I did not know I was not getting the whole book.

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Dramatized reading; different storyline than movie.

This audiobook is comparable to the old radio shows with suspenseful music in the back. Not my cup of tea.
The storyline is good, but very confusing. So many players, and very few names.
If you are hoping this is like the movie, give up that hope now. Yes, it’s set 30 years earlier so there isn’t the same level of technology, but it’s a completely different story once you get past chapter 1.
We shall see if I decide to keep going in the series.

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