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A Perfect Spy
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 20 hrs and 53 mins
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A Perfect Spy
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Publisher's Summary
Magnus Pym, counsellor at the British Embassy in Vienna, has suddenly vanished, believed defected. The chase is on for a missing husband, a devoted father, and a life-time secret agent.
Pym’s life, it is revealed, is entirely made up of secrets. The race is on to find the perfect spy.
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- Brenda Robinson
- 24-06-2021
Compelling and poignant
The corruption of Magnus and its effects on all he meets is story telling at its best
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- Anonymous User
- 01-06-2021
Not as good as expected
Well written but the main character seemed too weak for the role of a spy. The choice of voice by the narrator may have had a negative impact as he sounded like a feckless halfwitt most of the time.
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- Margaret
- 28-01-2024
The Perfect Spy
I became invested in Magnus’ journey. Enthralled and scared to the very end. As fresh now as the first time read.
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- Madeleine Murray
- 04-05-2019
So brilliant
So brilliant that when I finished it, I went right back and started it again. The writing is great, as good as Dickens at times. The structure is complex as it shifts in voice and time, so it takes a while to work out what is going on. The chilling portrait of Magnus Pym's con-man father Rick, is clearly based on Le Carré's real con-man father.
Inspired me to go back to Audible and get all the Le Carré I can, though I dislike the author's reading voice. He should leave it to professional actors.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-03-2020
Fantastic
A very enjoyable Le Carré- a fascinating central character with deeper focus on a character than usual. Jayston reads wonderfully as always. Highly recommended.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-02-2022
Thoroughly Absorbing
This was a more complex plot than other Le Carre novels but just as absorbing. The flashbacks to the protagonist's youth and the gradual revelation of his complex relationship with his father and significant others in his life completely enveloped me in his chaotic world.
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- Mark
- 17-01-2021
Tedious
This was the most tedious story. Normally a Le Carre fan. It was a struggle to get to the end. I persisted to see if it ever came together. I didn’t. It jumped all over the place, very little happened, no discernible point.
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- KillerRooster
- 01-07-2022
Dreary
I listened to this for a couple of hours and it went nowhere. Very dreary.
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- Zana
- 12-10-2022
very poorly narrated not worth the buy............
very poorly narrated not worth the buy............
........very poorly narrated not worth the buy............
not going to finish
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