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Red Rabbit

By: Tom Clancy
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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 It is very early in Jack Ryan’s career—so early that he has not yet even become an analyst for the CIA. But a series of nasty encounters with an IRA splinter group has brought Ryan to the attention of the CIA’s Deputy Director and his British counterpart. They offer him his first job as a freelance analyst, and he readily accepts. Debriefing a high-level Russian defector, however, he comes across an unbelievable plot: top Soviet officials, including Yuri Andropov, are planning to assassinate Pope John Paul II. Ryan must battle first to verify the plot, and then to stop it. But what chance does a novice CIA analyst have against a cat-and-mouse game between the world’s two great superpowers?

“Among the handful of superstars, Clancy still reigns, and he is not likely to be dethroned anytime soon.”—Washington Post Action & Adventure Espionage Genre Fiction Military Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Political Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense War & Military Soviet Union Political Suspense

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Praise for Red Rabbit

“An impressive achievement.”—The Washington Post

“Demonstrate[s] what Tom Clancy does best.”—Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“An entertaining tale of well-matched wits and high-tech gadgetry.”—The Tallahassee Democrat

More Praise for Tom Clancy

“He constantly taps the current world situation for its imminent dangers and spins them into an engrossing tale.”—The New York Times Book Review

“A brilliant describer of events.”—The Washington Post

“No one can equal his talent for making military electronics and engineering intelligible and exciting...He remains the best!”—Houston Chronicle
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This is an odd one, potential for a really good story here. However, at times it is hard to get past the hyper masculinity of the Jack Ryan character and the pseudo xenophobic thinking.

One of the weaker books of the series

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Good, well researched, interesting story generally well read but a bloody awful attempt at British accents

Good story. Worst British accent ever

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The tale took a while to get going but when it did it was the edge of the seat and plausible story we are used to from the pen of Tom Clancy.

The attention to detail was demonstrated by the location of the home Jack and his family had while in the UK. Trains from Chatham into London Victoria were at the time, a fairly quick service with just 1 stop before arriving. The journey from the station to Grizedale Close was described fairly accurately as it’s a journey I am familiar with as I lived in Grizedale Close around the time the Ryan’s lived there.

On the downside, as a Brit, the English accents were a little weak but most listeners not native to the UK won’t really notice it.

Great tale wrapped around a truth

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long build up but good storytelling
Slow paced and ponderous compared to modern spy novels but a joy nonetheless.

long build up but good storytelling

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Having listened to all the Tom Clancy books in the Jack Ryan series I always wondered why Red Rabbit had not been recorded and released. Having listened to it I can now understand why. As other reviewers have mentioned there is so much irrelevant padding it is difficult to stay interested. Tom Clancy’ strength is using detail to build a full picture and put the plot into context. In this book there is a lot of detail which adds nothing to the story. Also, as has been mentioned, Clancy attack on the UK’a health service is so inaccurate and absurd it is difficult to understand his motivation for including it, particularly as it too, is completely irrelevant to the story. I think this story should have been left in the archive. It damages rather than enhances this wonderful authors legacy.

Disappointing

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