Mad Dogs, James Grady
Mad Dogs, James Grady
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Mad Dogs

Author: James Grady

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 12 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/01/2006


Synopsis

James Grady revolutionized the political thriller with his first novel, Six Days of the Condor. Now Grady breaks fresh thriller territory with Mad Dogs, a brilliant novel launched from a totally original creation: the CIA's secret insane asylum for "retired" agents.

Five deranged CIA killers, all of them dependent on their meds and deep in the woods of Maine, are forced to break out of the asylum when someone murders their psychiatrist—and frames them for the deed.

Crazy and traumatized by their experiences in the CIA, they operate under somewhat skewed perceptions of the real world. Their training, however, has prepared them to survive in an unfriendly world-even if that world is the Boston-to-Washington corridor as they chase down the real killer.

Suspenseful, fast, and edgy, as well as funny and humane, Mad Dogs is a stunning novel of political commentary and a tour-de-force of contemporary literary style, a look at twenty-first-century spy wars.
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About James Grady

James Grady is the author of screenplays, articles, and over a dozen critically acclaimed thrillers. Born in Shelby, Montana, Grady worked a variety of odd jobs, from hay bucker to gravedigger, before graduating from the University of Montana with a degree in journalism. In 1973, after years of acquiring rejection slips for short stories and poems, Grady sold his first novel, Six Days of the Condor, a sensational bestseller which was eventually adapted into a film starring Robert Redford.

After moving to Washington DC, Grady worked for a syndicated columnist, investigating everything from espionage to drug trafficking. He quit after four years to focus on his own writing, and has spent the last three decades composing thrillers and screenplays. His body of work has won him France's Grand Prix du Roman Noir, Italy's Raymond Chandler Award, and Japan's Baka-Misu literary prize. Grady and his wife live in a suburb of Washington DC.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Effie on June 28, 2022

▪︎5 πράκτορες,οι οποίοι νοσηλεύονται σε μια ειδική ψυχιατρική κλινική για κατασκόπους της CIA που υποφέρουν από έντονο μετατραυματικό στρες και είναι οριακά "τρελοί " ▪︎Ο επικεφαλής ψυχίατρος που κοντεύει να ξεμπλοκάρει το μυαλό τους,βρίσκεται δολοφονημένος με επαγγελματικό τρόπο ▪︎Τώρα οι 5 πρέπει ν......more

Goodreads review by George K. on July 07, 2022

Βαθμολογία: 9/10 Όταν έμαθα ότι θα κυκλοφορούσε στα ελληνικά το Mad Dogs του Τζέιμς Γκρέιντι, χάρηκα αλλά ταυτόχρονα σπάστηκα. Χάρηκα γιατί όπως και να το κάνουμε είναι ένα κατασκοπευτικό θρίλερ δια χειρός Αμερικανού συγγραφέα, αλλά σπάστηκα γιατί αυτός ο συγγραφέας έγραψε και το κλασικό κατασκοπευτι......more

Goodreads review by Metodi on June 12, 2024

Чудесен трилър от бащата на Кондора, който даже има камео поява в текста. Петима изкукали тайни агенти на ЦРУ затворени в секретна лудница, са принудени да избягат, след като психиатърът им е убит по начин, с който ги топят за смъртта му. Следва шеметно препускане по пътищата в посока Вашингтон, в опи......more

Goodreads review by Kilani on July 04, 2021

I am obsessed with the idea of five spies being locked down for mental treatment and running away for justice (as I do not want to spoil anything), their flash-back stories learning more about every single character were spot-on. I felt like the first half of the novel was incredibly scripted. I lik......more