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The Little Drummer Girl
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 20 hrs and 16 mins
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The Little Drummer Girl
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In this enthralling and thought-provoking novel of Middle Eastern intrigue, Charlie, a brilliant and beautiful young actress, is lured into ‘the theatre of the real’ by an Israeli intelligence officer. Forced to play her ultimate role, she is plunged into a deceptive and delicate trap set to ensnare an elusive Palestinian terrorist.
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- Ziri
- 25-01-21
fantastic
I have really enjoyed the story and so realistic and full juicy details - truly amazing
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-11-18
great story well written and we'll told .it kept y
great story well written and we'll told . keep you on the edge off your seat
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- Anonymous User
- 26-01-23
The second best book in the world.
And I never award first prizes.
Seriously I think this is the best book John le Carre wrote. It has many layers. There is, as always, a spy who comes in from the cold. A beautiful love story. Lots of literary references, lots of humor, everything very subtle. And perhaps the most nuanced thing anyone ever wrote about the Palestine-Israel conflict.
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- Saba Risaluddin
- 26-04-21
author and narrator 5 stars each, editor no star
John le Carre at his best, an Michael Jayston is a fine narrator, badly served by terrible editing. literally hundreds if not thousands of words clipped so the final consonamt or vowel is lost.
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- Eric in London
- 04-03-22
Way too slow and long
I usually enjoy John le Carre novels but this one to me lacked tension, moved slowly and just kept going with endless detail that contributed little to the story. The narration was fine.
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- Adam Buckler
- 17-08-16
More of a personal journey than a thriller
I liked it but the story was more of about the personal journey of the main protagonist, the backdrop of which just happens to be a spy thriller. I haven't read/listened to any other le Carre's so maybe they're all like this and the to version of the night manager gave me false expectations but I was expecting a bit more of an page turner gripping thriller.
That said I still liked it and was a big fan of le Carre's use of language.
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- JOHN
- 03-09-15
Good, but not Vintage Le Carré
Michael Jayston, as usual, delivers an excellent performance in the narration of the novel. The story itself however, and in particular the recruitment of Charlie, a young left-wing English actress, by Israeli Intelligence, strains credulity and I found the development of the plot and its denouement singularly unconvincing. One doesn't expect a-thrill-a-minute in a Le Carré novel but even so I found long sections of it tedious. Judged by the standard of his best work I would describe it as good but it certainly is not in the same league as the Karla trilogy.
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- Barbara rea
- 28-01-19
Perseverance needed
Very long and complicated plot. The most irritating part was the voice of the narrator, Michael Jayston. He did nit finish the ends of words, examples - chan(ce), chan(ge) and many, many others.
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- Chris
- 18-08-16
Echoes of Fowles The Magus and it's God Game
One of his best, full of flawed characters with murky motivations, confused loyalties and broken dreams, watched over by shadows of their pasts and the unending cycle of violent pointless retribution.
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- Stephen Iacovou
- 02-11-16
Fascinating!
A slow start, but it warms up quickly and soon focuses on a thrilling set of relationships that kept me listening whenever I could.
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