The Monkey House, John Fullerton
The Monkey House, John Fullerton
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The Monkey House

Author: John Fullerton

Narrator: J. Charles

Unabridged: 9 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 03/14/2008


Synopsis

In The Monkey House, Sarajevo is a city besieged by the atrocities of war. Stadium walls that once shook with the roar of Olympic crowds have since collapsed under the screams of artillery. Police Superintendent Rosso and the ragtag remains of his Sarajevo police force, however, remain dedicated to preserving what is left of the city's civil order. In their Sisyphean quest to uphold the law, one of their key informants is mysteriously murdered in a narcotics-infected Serb apartment complex called the "Monkey House." If the homicide is proven to be the work of Sarajevo's notorious crime boss, Luka, solving the case could break the black marketeer's grip on the city. But bringing Luka to justice could also drastically change the course of this relentless war and quite possibly lead to the fall of Sarajevo. For Rosso, a Croat whose Serbian wife is losing a battle with alcoholism and whose Moslem goddaughter may be having an affair with Luka, this case has become a life mission, not only to defeat a formidable enemy and to save his family and city, but also to redeem his own dark and bloody legacy. In The Monkey House the stakes are high for solving a wartime murder, and a young, cocky American journalist named Branson Flett is there to report it all.

About John Fullerton

John Fullerton was born in Dorset. He went to boarding school in Cape Town and has worked as a farmer, stockbroker, soldier, and foreign correspondent, spending most of his time in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. As a journalist he has covered 12 wars, including the struggle between Croatia and Serbia in 1991 and the subsequent conflict in Bosnia. His previous book was The Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan. He lives in London.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Vanessa

This book frustrated the hell out of me. At least part of this is due to weird literary fetishes on my part; namely, as the layout of Sarajevo is a major part of the action, a map of the city giving the approximate Serbian front during the time period the action takes place would have been very help......more

Goodreads review by Filip

- De alguna manera, una historia un poco pesada y mal explicada, donde se cruzan las informaciones de la guerra de los periódicos... Si de verdad quieres escribir sobre los momentos más oscuros de un país, no te informas de fuentes incorrectos y de propaganda... Eso simplemente ruina la historia ent......more

Goodreads review by Raghda

روااية حزينة.. :( بتحكي عن حرب البوسنة خاصة مدينة ساراييفو.. القصة عن رئيس ضباط التحري بالمدينة ومحاولته لتحقيق العدالة في المدينة رغم الحرب المستعرة........more