Tapestry of Spies

Name: Tapestry of Spies
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Stephen Hunter
ISBN: 9781441893659

Author: Stephen Hunter

Narrator: Simon Vance

Abridged: 5 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 08/27/2010

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

Stephen Hunter has chosen the backdrop of the chaotic and cruel Spanish Civil War to weave a classic tale of espionage and counterespionage. Julian Raines was one of the first Englishmen to volunteer for the international brigade in Spain. The British Secret Service suspect that the flamboyant Raines was recruited for the KGB by the Bolsheviks during his student days at Oxford and send Robert Florry, a struggling young writer to Spain after Raines with orders to eliminate him. Florry was an old school chum to Raines and had every reason to hate him. The British are not alone on Raines' trail. The ruthless Communist leader in Barcelona believes that the identity of the double agent conceals a powerful and profitable secret. It is a novel that constantly surprises.

About Stephen Hunter

Stephen Hunter has written fifteen novels. The retired chief film critic for The Washington Post, where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism, he has also published two collections of film criticism and a nonfiction work. He lives in Maryland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim

I didn't like this one as well as his other novels. It's a stand alone &, while I think it was as well written, it just didn't ring as true to me. Either I didn't identify with the story as well or he didn't know the subject as well. I'm not sure which.......more

Goodreads review by Ed

This was much better than I expected. I was prepared to abandon it if it wasn't very good. I will have to read more early Stephen Hunter. The story takes place mostly in Barcelona during the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War. The Nationalists led by General Franco and backed by Germany and Italy were trying......more

Goodreads review by Nate

I love Hunter's older books. This is a spy adventure set against the civil war in Spain prior to WW2. That's all you need to know. There will be unexpected twists and turns. But that is what you expect in a spy novel.......more

Goodreads review by Pete

His sniper novels are terrific but this was pretty dreadful. Didn't find any of the characters believable and the story is rather convoluted. Might have worked as a straight forward espionage novel but for some reason the author decided it should be about a love triangle where one character is drawn......more