Greyhound Movie TieIn, C. S. Forester
Greyhound Movie TieIn, C. S. Forester
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Greyhound (Movie Tie-In)

Author: C. S. Forester

Narrator: Jim Frangione

Unabridged: 8 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 07/21/2020


Synopsis

Now A Major Motion Picture

A WWII naval thriller of “high and glittering excitement”(New York Times) from the author of the legendary Hornblower series

The mission of Commander George Krause of the United States Navy is to protect a convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships making their way across the icy North Atlantic from America to England. There, they will deliver desperately needed supplies, but only if they can make it through the wolfpack of German submarines that awaits and outnumbers them in the perilous seas. For forty eight hours, Krause will play a desperate cat and mouse game against the submarines, combating exhaustion, hunger, and thirst to protect fifty million dollars' worth of cargo and the lives of three thousand men. Originally published as The Good Shepherd and acclaimed as one of the best novels of the year upon publication in 1955, this novel is a riveting classic of WWII and naval warfare from one of the 20th century's masters of sea stories.

About The Author

C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899. After studying medicine, he rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. On the outbreak of World War II he worked for the British Ministry of Information in America writing propaganda. His most notable works were the twelve Horatio Hornblower books, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen. His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. He died in 1966.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel on June 15, 2023

As a young recruit in the US Navy, one of the more important doctrines drilled into my mind was that authority could be delegated, but responsibility never departs from the person in command. Should you find yourself in command of a bathroom cleaning crew or a capital warship, everything that happen......more

Goodreads review by Jean on August 28, 2020

C. S. Forester was the pen name of English novelist Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (1899-1966). He wrote one of my favorite books/movies “The African Queen”. “The Greyhound” also published under the name “The Good Shepherd” was published in 1955. This book was also made into a movie. This story is about......more

Goodreads review by Ian on January 16, 2023

Oct 2, 2020 *Updated. Corrects spelling & grammar and adjusts rating* 3.4* Not one of Forester's best novels, still a serviceable story of WW2 naval warfare, in the Battle of the Atlantic. Cmdr. Krause is a career officer in the US navy but the convoy escort mission he's leading is his first experienc......more


Quotes

"A high and glittering excitment...[Forester] has no master and few peers." -The New York Times

"Nothing more exciting has been launched since Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea." -The Guardian

"C. S. Forester is the best living writer about the sea." -Time

"Action, tension, tingling suspense...The greatest adventure story to come out of World War II." -Life Magazine