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The Confidential Agent
- Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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Summary
In a small continental country civil war is raging.
Once a lecturer in medieval French, now a confidential agent, D is a scarred stranger in a seemingly casual England, sent on a mission to buy coal at any price. Initially, this seems to be a matter of straightforward negotiation, but soon, implicated in murder, accused of possessing false documents and theft, held responsible for the death of a young woman, D becomes a hunted man, tormented by allegiances, doubts and the love of others.
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- Graham W
- 22-09-21
Classic Green, superbly narrated
Classic Green, superbly narrated. As good today as when it was first published. Breaking the mold of spy novels.
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- Mark H
- 17-12-22
Outstanding.
Great story, beautifully written. Twists, turns, pace, thrills, dramatic tension, and a compelling read.
Superbly read by TPS - I don’t love his Spanish accent for D (a bit too similar to his voices for very different characters in other Greene novels), but pretty perfect otherwise.
Greene is such a great storyteller and writer.
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- gfplux
- 26-05-22
A little slow
For me this was a little slow. I suspect that was because of my own impatiaciance.
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- Leslie
- 20-05-21
An engaging story of a man with a mission
the story captures the mind and feelings of the Confidential Agent trying to complete his mission against opposition, his own sense of loss, his anger at murder, and growing love which seems hopeless. Very well narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith.
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- Rob
- 15-11-16
Goes on a bit
I felt it tried to tick too many boxes, too many loose ends and unanswered questions. Hard to see through to the end.
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- Guy Bispham
- 11-07-22
Greene's best title but a weak book
Greene is a great writer and Heart of the Matter is in my top five books. Loved this book's title but the novel itself is not that good. Main characters are referred to by letters. Our hero is D, a widowed classicist and singularly inept for the espionage world he is thrust in to. He must get a coal deal for his unnamed country (Spain) and thwart the opposite side's attempt to do the same. D comes out the loser in every encounter and apart from being the most moral has little to recommend him. He struggles from disaster to disaster and the whole thing just becomes annoying. A romance that is thrown in towards the end is so improbable, rushed and adds nothing of value to the story. Read Greene, I highly recommend him, just not this one.
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- CitySallie
- 17-11-21
A classic Study into Civil War Psychology
I could happily listen to the late lamented Tim Piggot Smith reading anything. This book is a love story and a case book for the phycological effect of prolonged civil war.
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-03-22
He got better
it seems this one was written in a hurry to make money and it shows a bit. Not his usual carefully researched and thought out work but still worth a read.
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- Kindle Customer
- 07-01-20
Not the best by Greene
I generally love Graham Greene and this wasn’t awful, but it seemed more dated than anything else I’ve read by him. Overall I’d say it was the Graham Greene book I have enjoyed the least.
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- moygashel
- 02-08-21
The book is unusable. Chapters are misnumbered. Reading is not complete. The recording is of good quality spoilt by lousy edit
Not worth it because recording is incomplete and disorganised. Also the chapters are wrongly numbered.
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