Paper Money, Ken Follett
Paper Money, Ken Follett
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Paper Money

Author: Ken Follett

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Unabridged: 6 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 02/09/2021

Synopsis

An explosive novel of high finance and underworld villainy from Ken Follett, the grand master of international action and suspense.

Crime, high finances, and journalism are interconnected in this early thriller by the author of On Wings of Eagles and Lie Down With Lions. In one suspenseful, action-packed day, fortunes change hands as an ambitious young reporter scrambles to crack the story. A suicidal junior minister, an avaricious tycoon, and a seasoned criminal with his team of tough guys all play their parts in a scheme that moves "paper money" around at a dizzying pace.

About Ken Follett

Ken Follett, a Welsh novelist has written important bodies of work, such as: Eye of the Needle, The Key to Rebecca, Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, Whiteout, The Century Trilogy. His genre includes thrillers and historical fiction. As a youth he was never allowed to watch television or movies, so out of boredom, he developed a keen interest in reading.

Follett had various jobs on his pathway to being a novelist. He was a general assignment reporter for the Evening News in London. He found that work to be very unchallenging, so he took a position as managing director of Everest Books and began writing fiction as an evening hobby. With the publication of Eye of the Needle in 1978 he became not only internationally known, but also wealthy. Follett’s next project is a third book in his Kingsbridge series. The first two were The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, and is to be released in 2017.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay on November 03, 2022

I found this early Ken Follett (before he became KEN FOLLETT) caper novel in a Little Free Library box while on vacation. (I love those boxes.) There are three seemingly unrelated storylines that gradually come together. The ending was anticlimactic, and the book could have gone on longer (only 253 pa......more

Goodreads review by Maria on March 27, 2022

Money Servers London in the Seventies: Politicians, Call Girls, Bankers, Crooks, Cops ...: Slaves in different masks: All servers of the same Masters: Money, Money and more Money… Paper Money!!! Another Good One from KF👍🌟🌟🌟🌟👍......more

Goodreads review by Brian on September 17, 2024

“What do I get out of my work?” PAPER MONEY was my first experience reading Ken Follett. I enjoyed it! Published a couple of years before I was born this text is a taut, tightly written book with fully realized characters, coming in at a quick 221 pages. It is not a bit overwritten. There are few, if......more

Goodreads review by Maria on March 10, 2021

Londres, Anos 70 Polícias, vigaristas, banqueiros, prostitutas, repórteres e políticos confluem numa trama que se propõe retratar fielmente uma Londres dos anos 70, onde a alta-finança, o crime e o jornalismo interagem de forma corrupta. Como habitualmente, Ken Follet combina verdade e ficção, proporc......more

Goodreads review by Razvan on March 24, 2025

A better book than I've expected and somehow different from other ones from Mr. Follett: more rhythm and action, less descriptive passages and unnecessary little talk. The plot is interesting, things are going fast, it's a real pleasure to enjoy up to the last pages. All the people involved seem to......more

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Praise for the novels of Ken Follett

"[A] celebration of uncommon courage and unlikely heroes." —People

"Great entertainment." —The Baltimore Sun

"Gripping." —The New York Times

"Follett ratchets up the Richter scale of suspense." —USA Today

"Follett really knows how to tell a story." —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"His scenes whip along. And his ending is absolutely smashing." —The Virginian-Pilot

"An altogether entertaining reading experience." —Minneapolis Star Tribune

"A terrific page-turner. Careening thrills . . . telling historical detail . . . genuine surprises." —Los Angeles Times

"Sheer suspense." —The Washington Post

"Absolutely electric with suspense." —San Francisco Chronicle

"Ken Follett has done it once more . . . goes down with the ease and impact of a well-prepared martini." —The New York Times Book Review

"The most exciting novel in years." —The Cincinnati Enquirer

"Follett is a master of crafty plot and incredible detail." —Time 

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