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The Ghost

By: Robert Harris
Narrated by: Robert Glenister
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 'The moment I heard how McAra died I should have walked away. I can see that now. I should have said, "Rick, I'm sorry, this isn't for me, I don't like the sound of it," finished my drink and left. But he was such a good storyteller, Rick - I often thought he should have been the writer and I the agent - that once he'd started talking there was never any question I wouldn't listen, and by the time he had finished, I was done for.'

Adam Lang has been Britain's longest serving - and most controversial - prime minister of the last half century. And now that he's left office, he's accepted one of history's largest cash advances to compose a tell-all (or at least, tell-some) memoir of his life and years of power. As pressure mounts for Lang to complete this magnum opus, he hires a professional ghostwriter to finish the book. As he sets to work, the ghostwriter discovers many more secrets than Lang intends to reveal, secrets with the power to alter world politics, secrets with the power to kill.

Set in America, on Martha's Vineyard, The Ghost is Harris's finest foray into political fiction since Archangel and brings the listener face to face with some of the biggest issues of our time. The result is gripping and genuinely thrilling.

©2007 Robert Harris (P)2007 Random House Audiobooks Genre Fiction Political Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting Ghost Haunted

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Critic reviews

"Harris nicely leavens his cynical tale with gallows humor, and even readers who anticipate the plot's final twist will admire the author's artistry in creating an intelligent page-turner that tackles serious issues." ( Publishers Weekly)
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Easy listening but perhaps a bit predictable. Great narration and wonderful characterization. A gripping tale.

A Great Story

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I chose this because I like Robert Glenister as a narrator. The book had good reviews and I was swept away with it from the off. But after a dramatic build up and a plot full of promise, it wound itself up to an untimely and underwhelming finish.
I wanted it to be double the length. I appreciate that the subject matter could have dragged it into the realms of silliness but I felt like he was trying to meet a tight deadline so he just cut a lot of the meat out.
Disappointing but ultimately, a good listen.

Argh! Too short! Where is the rest?

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drags you into the story . nice pace and well read !

brilliant

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Reads like a screenplay without the characters filled out. I found the ending over dramatic.

Well read but the story didn’t engage me.

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Taut thriller, very well constructed, very well written, very well read. A must read(listen). Robert Harris at his best. Brilliant!

Excellent! Harris at his best!

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Nicely paced, rewarding. A good plot and well read.

A really good listen

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I was gripped from beginning to end. Harris is a master storyteller. Very well narrated by Robert Glenister.

Absolutely brilliant

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This is a very good book that keeps pulling the reader along. Yes the former PM may be built on Blair and events similarly related. But it is first class story telling. While the twists and turns are great, I also sensed I had run into them before-- just cannot remember where! Maybe something pulled from a real British spy novel?

Great book

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And brilliantly narrated by Robert Glenister.

The plot is believable and I couldn't help comparing Lang with a well known ex PM.

Good story, well told.

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I've been watching the movie many times and love it. The scene in the beginning with car left into the ferry, that it never stops raining on the isle of Sylt (Martha's Vineyard) but hadn't listened to the audiobook because I prefer British to American English voice artists. This book is I N C R E D I B L E. Read it. Enjoy it. A masterpiece.

This story is woldclass & awsome

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