James Grady
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| Original Title: | Six Days of the Condor |
| ISBN: | 0393086925 (ISBN13: 9780393086928) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Condor #1 |
| Characters: | Ronald Malcolm |
| Setting: | Washington, D.C.,1973(United States) |
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CIA operative Malcolm, code-named Condor, discovers his colleagues butchered in a blood-spattered office, he realizes that only an oversight by the assassins has saved his life. He contacts CIA headquarters for help but when an attempted rendezvous goes wrong, it quickly becomes clear that no one can be trusted. Malcolm disappears into the streets of Washington, hoping to evade the killers long enough to unravel the conspiracy—but will that be enough to save his life?Specify Regarding Books Six Days of the Condor (The Condor #1)
| Title | : | Six Days of the Condor (The Condor #1) |
| Author | : | James Grady |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 192 pages |
| Published | : | May 1974 by W. W. Norton & Company |
| Categories | : | Thriller. Fiction. Mystery. Drama. Suspense. Crime |
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Ratings: 4.09 From 17721 Users | 326 ReviewsCritique Regarding Books Six Days of the Condor (The Condor #1)
Every bit as good as I rememberedHolds up very well after all these years. The updated forward by the author adds interesting notes about what was changed for publication and the movie.Newly issued A Mysterious Press, this 2016 edition has a 20-page introduction by James Grady as a bonus, giving background about the development, writing, research, movie-making, and repercussions of Six Days of the Condor. Mr. Grady writes much like a screen-writer and has a journalistic prose. He plain style makes the espionage even more suspenseful and believable for me. Surveillance, avoidance, interactions aren't hyped but rather mundane and/or show thought behind them. This, and a fiction
My introduction to the fiction of James Grady is his 1974 debut novel Six Days of the Condor. Even more so than Peter Benchley, the author is one whose credentials are easily established by mentioning the movie version of his book: Three Days of the Condor, released the same year as Jaws. Like Jaws, Three Days of the Condor made liberal changes to its source material. Like Jaws, that source material is so far away from the movie in terms of quality that it isn't in the same ballpark, parking
Excellent book and movie. It has been a long time since I read this the first time but it is still as exciting. Unputdownable (if there is such a word). First published in the early sixties, the book brought the author from being near destitute to rich in 6 months. The rights to develop a movie came shortly afterward and with a young Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway as stars, it was an immediate hit. Of course there are differences between the book and movie but both are superb. Highly
5 Stars SUMMARYIn the quiet Washington D.C. neighborhood near the Capitol is a pristine townhouse. Its plaque reads American Literary Historical Society. The headquarters ostensibly is for literary analysis, advance and achievement, but no one gets passed the front desk. Unless of course proper clearance is shown and verified. The Society is actually a Company Department Office. The research analysts read mystery and thriller novels and pass any scenarios that are too close to the mark of past
Good book. Fast-paced. Set in the 70's but still readable today. Now I want to see the movie.
I almost NEVER quit on a book, but I quit this one after suffering 100 pages. It was so famous, I wanted to read it. But it was just bloody awful. Besides the unbelievable fact that the lead character kidnaps a woman, forces her at gunpoint to take him to her house, and then she just decides to climb into his bed and screw him that night? Really? I would have been out the door. It was so poorly written by today's standards that the main action - the very moment Malcolm finds out he might be
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