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Goodbye California

By: Alistair MacLean
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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About this listen

Reissue of the classic tale of terrorism, where a criminal fanatic is hell-bent on blasting San Francisco into the ocean, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.

'Earthquake country,' said the Professor. 'San Francisco is geologically and seismologically a city that waits to die. Los Angeles is ringed by earthquake centres – seven massive quakes so far. We have no idea where the next, the monster, will hit…'

…until a criminal fanatic kidnaps a nuclear scientist and builds his own atomic bombs. If exploded on California's fault lines they could trigger off the mightiest earthquake of them all – killing half its population and dumping the entire city of San Francisco into the sea.

Goodbye California…

©1977 HarperCollinsPublishers (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers Crime Thrillers Mystery Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Natural Disaster San Francisco

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Critic reviews

'His best since H.M.S. Ulysses' Sunday Times

'Holds the reader to the final suspenseful page' Sunday Telegraph

‘The most successful British novelist of his time’ Jack Higgins
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I’ve always been a big fan of Alistair MacLean but this story just seems to ramble on. I gave up half way through.

Not great - just rambles on.

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This is definitely the worst of his books that I know. One is soon left with the overriding feeling, “who cares?” The narrator’s voice is harsh and grating making this almost unpleasant to listen to.

Rambling pointless story

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