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A Small Town in Germany
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
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Summary
The British Embassy in Bonn is up in arms. Her Majesty's financially troubled government is seeking admission to Europe's Common Market just as anti-British factions are rising to power in Germany. Rioters are demanding reunification, and the last thing the Crown can afford is a scandal. Then Leo Harting - an embassy nobody - goes missing with a case full of confidential files. London sends Alan Turner to control the damage, but he soon realises that neither side really wants Leo found - alive.
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- DartmoorDiva
- 18-11-19
Absolutely gripping
The combination of John Le Carré and Michael Jayston is pretty much unbeatable. This is one of Le Carré’s early novels that I had somehow missed, very glad I have finally caught up with it. Excellent. The only problem is that I find other audiobooks often a disappointment, whether it be the story itself or a substandard narrator.
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- Matthew C.
- 02-10-17
The master
Another great book from the master storyteller and emotion twister. Perfect narration with 1st. class narration.
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- Kieran Horgan
- 01-05-19
Very unsatisfying ending
This was a good book, with great characters with a good story but a very unsatisfying ending
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- Bee
- 20-03-18
Subtle depiction of characters and time.
Really enjoyed this. Clever descriptions of the characters but more than that it made me want to know more about late 60s politics and post war Germany.
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- Mr David Newton
- 20-03-16
okay
john Le Carre tells a good tale, but this is not his best. The end is, as often with Le Carre, disappointing as it Peters out.
Michael Jayson reads brilliantly as ever.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-03-21
interesting
an interesting view of Britain's struggle to join the EEC, just as a bunch of snake oil salesman force us out.
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- Andrea Edan
- 07-04-18
Complex and intriguing tale of post WW2 politics
This long and winding story is, as usual with John le Carre books, like peeling an onion with layers and layers of intrigue and hidden relationships and issues. As we watch the news about various incidents which can't be totally explained (right now the poisoning of the Skripals), you can't help but wonder what we don't know and wish that there was a John le Carre type person who could explain it so that it makes some sort of sense. People who like straight forward whodunnits and simple news bites will probably not like this book but for me he is the best in this genre. Michael Jayston is the perfect narrator for Le Carre.
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- Allan
- 18-01-18
Hard to listen to
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Not really
If you’ve listened to books by John le Carré before, how does this one compare?
Badly. Others are better!
What aspect of Michael Jayston’s performance might you have changed?
He needs to help the listener hear the jumps between topics. I think it was a difficult book to narrate.
Any additional comments?
I don't think this one works well as an audio book
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- Daniel W. Wright
- 29-07-18
A break from Smiley
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Michael Jayson gets the tone just right as always with his Le Carré narrations.
Turner is not an easy main character but I think that’s the point. I loved his stream of consciousness chapter in the middle, reminded me of Joyce.
Great stuff.
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- gfplux
- 22-07-19
Brilliant and Brilliant
This is Spying as only can be told by a great MASTER. I give it 10 out of 10. Beautiful and brilliantly.
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