
North from Rome
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Narrated by:
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David Colacci
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By:
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Helen MacInnes
About this listen
A phone call prompts Bill Lammiter, a young American playwright, to follow a former girlfriend to Rome. There, Lammiter saves a mysterious Italian girl from a beating and the fat is in the fire. A kidnapping, a battle in a Renaissance villa, a shrewd gamekeeper, a chance snapshot and a touring preppy contribute to the excitement and suspense of this Cold War thriller.
©2013 Helen MacInnes (P)2022 Blackstone PublishingNot bad but a bit of a pastiche.
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Excellent
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I wasn’t too sure of the narrator initially - he’s quite different to the narrators I usually listen to- British actors- but he grew on me as the novel progressed.
The story itself was a very slow burn, with lots of attention to character, setting and post WW2 politics. No fast- paced action here, but yet, compelling- for me anyway.
Wasn’t sure if the women , well Eleanor anyway, were ‘pathetic’, or was the narrator suggesting this by his tone- couldn’t quite decide. I had to remind myself that these novels were written at a time when perhaps it was mainly men who read spy stories, and a somewhat swooning female on the sidelines was standard policy. Perhaps it surprised me more because the author was female, but then, perhaps she was advised by her publishers to stick to the standard spy formula of the day.
Glad I stumbled upon it though.
A slow burn
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