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Red To Black (2000)

by Alex Dryden(Favorite Author)

3.21 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0755344995 (ISBN13: 9780755344994)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Headline

series

Anna Resnikov

review 1: I tried throughout my two-week vacation to read this book, finish it, and move on to other books I brought, but it was slow reading. I admired the amount of detailed information the author wove into the story – I think, in fact, that was the story he wanted to tell. The love story between the MI6 agent from London and the KGB colonel from Moscow was how he got it into print. I did enjoy the various settings he took them to, from a dacha in the woods outside Moscow to restaurants in Geneva to an isolated beach in France. The complex financial conspiracy made sense but it required focused reading to really absorb.
review 2: Too much depressing reality for my liking. While it held my interest, it was not a typical action packed spy adventure. The framework of th... moree story, a post-iron curtain relationship between a British and Russian spy, is a vehicle for revealing corruption actually present in Europe, which is also to real for my liking. The book reads more like a detailed report an agent might write, than an action fantasy adventure. This adds to the grittiness. Even when the author describes action however, it is bit dry, and does not convey much excitement. less

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