The Ghost, Robert Harris
The Ghost, Robert Harris
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The Ghost

Author: Robert Harris

Narrator: Roger Rees

Abridged: 5 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/23/2007


Synopsis

From the bestselling author of Fatherland and Imperium comes The Ghost Writer, an extraordinarily auspicious thriller of power, politics, corruption, and murder—now a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan.

The role of a ghostwriter is to make his client look good, not to uncover the truth. But what happens when the client is a major political figure, and the truth could change the course of history? Adam Lang, the controversial former prime minister of Britain, is writing his memoirs. But his first ghostwriter dies under shocking circumstances, and his replacement—whose experience lies in portraying aging rock stars and film idols—knows little about Lang’s inner circle. Flown to join Lang in a secure house on the remote shores of Martha’s Vineyard in the depths of winter, cut off from everyone and everything he knows, he comes to realize he should never have taken the job.

It’s not just his predecessor’s mysterious death that haunts him, but Adam Lang himself. Deep in Lang’s past are buried shocking secrets. Secrets with the power to alter world politics. Secrets with the power to kill.

About Robert Harris

Robert Harris is the author of Pompeii, Enigma, and Fatherland. He has been a television correspondent with the BBC and a newspaper columnist for the London Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph. His novels have sold more than ten million copies and been translated into thirty languages. He lives in Berkshire, England, with his wife and four children.

About Roger Rees

Roger Rees is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He received a Tony Award, an Olivier Award and an Emmy Nomination for his performance in the title role of The Life and Adventure of Nicholas Nickleby. He has directed numerous stage productions in the US and England. His appearances in television include guest-starring roles in Cheers, The West Wing and Grey's Anatomy.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Will on January 15, 2025

Robert Harris - image from his Goodreads page This is a fast-paced thriller, centering around a ghost writer assigned to revise and complete the first draft of an autobiography prepared by his predecessor, another ghost writer, recently deceased. The subject of this is a Tony Blair stand-in, Adam La......more

Goodreads review by Esti on February 15, 2025

Magnífica novela desde la primera página! Un thriller que me ha tenido enganchadisima, deseando leerlo a todas horas. He descubierto a este autor y me encanta. Todo me ha resultado perfecto: trama, ritmo, personajes, ambientación y final. No tengo un "pero" que poner. El protagonista es un escritor "n......more

Goodreads review by Tim The Enchanter on December 11, 2014

Posted to The Literary Lawyer.ca It's All about the Finish - 3.5 Stars This book had the misfortune of being read after Robert Harris' far superior An Officer and A Spy. Regardless, The Ghost is a great novel in its own right. While it does not contain the fullness of what I consider to be a b......more

Goodreads review by Michael on June 12, 2017

This is a fast-paced, engrossing thriller--like one of those high production-value films where everything clicks and you know you're in the hands of a real pro.......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on September 07, 2017

The Ghost has everything a great thriller needs. There's the slightly-too-curious-for-his-own-good Everyman who stumbles onto something huge, there's the geeky technical delight in details (here, of ghostwriting), and there's the strong suspense and atmosphere of barely-restrained menace. There's ev......more