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Light and Shadow
- Memoirs of a Spy's Son
- By: Mark Colvin
- Narrated by: Mark Colvin
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 269
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 242
Mark Colvin is a broadcasting legend. He is the voice of ABC Radio’s leading current affairs program PM; he was a founding broadcaster for the groundbreaking youth station Double J; he initiated The World Today program; and he’s one of the most popular and influential journalists in the twittersphere. Mark has been covering local and global events for more than four decades. He has reported on wars, royal weddings and everything in between. In the midst of all this he discovered that his father was an MI6 spy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable
- By Liv on 26-08-2017
- Light and Shadow
- Memoirs of a Spy's Son
- By: Mark Colvin
- Narrated by: Mark Colvin
Fascinating and poignant
Reviewed: 15-11-2019
I couldn’t stop listening, learnt so much about many topics, especially modern history. What a fascinating life Mark Colvin and his family lived!
Warn, witty and engaging memoir. I am belatedly mourning the loss of such an exceptional human.