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The Flying Man
- Narrated by: Ramon Tikaram
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
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Meet Maqil - also known as Mike, Mehmet, Mikhail, and Miguel - a chancer and charlatan. A criminally clever man who tells a good tale, trading on his charm and good looks, reinventing himself with a new identity and nationality in each successive country he makes his home, abandoning wives and children and careers in the process.
He's a compulsive gambler - driven to lose at least as much as he gains, in games of chance, and in life. A damaged man in search of himself. From the day he was delivered in Lahore, Pakistan, alongside his stillborn twin, he proved he was a born survivor. He has been a master of flying escapes, from Cairo to Paris, from London to Hong Kong, humbled by love, outliving his peers, and ending up old and alone in a budget hotel in Biarritz some 80 years later.
His chequered history is catching up with him: His tracks have been uncovered and his latest wife, his children, his creditors, and former business associates all want to pin him down. But even at the end, Maqil just can't resist trying it on; he's still playing his game, and the game won't be over until it's been won.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 27-01-22
Boring and poorly written with the worst narration
I could not be more dissatisfied. It’s a struggle listening to awful narrations that over being overly dramatic and not setting the tone to a story. It causes confusion on what the writer is trying to set as a tone.
I’m top of this I can’t get to drips with her characters nor can I develop an interest in them as the explanations are too in the surface and described as if we are watching tv and not trying to picture it in our heads. I really wanted to enjoy this but maybe I will give one of the authors other books a try as I like her when she speaks otherwise.
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