

The Shanghai Factor
Author: Charles McCarry
Narrator: Stephen Bowlby
Unabridged: 9 hr 11 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Published: 06/04/2013
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Espionage
Author: Charles McCarry
Narrator: Stephen Bowlby
Unabridged: 9 hr 11 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Published: 06/04/2013
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Espionage
Charles McCarry is the author of ten critically acclaimed novels and nine nonfiction books. He is a former editor-at-large of National Geographic and has contributed dozens of articles, short stories, and poems to leading national magazines. His op-ed pieces and other essays have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. For ten years he served under deep cover as a CIA operations officer.
The Shanghai Factor starts out strong as a spy thriller. I was immediately sucked into the story of the unnamed narrator in Shanghai and his adventures in espionage. This is summer reading at its best: you are transported to another country, a dangerous exotic locale where even speaking the language......more
A new Charles Mccarry book is a major event in my opinion. My favorite author. Period. Runs circles around Lecarre and Littell, better than Furst. America's greatest writer of espionage. His books are as literary as any books out there. Yes, he is that good. "The Shanghai Factor" is a wonderful test......more
This is a simple yet brilliant spy thriller. It keeps you hooked till the end. Is it in the league of John Le Carre? Probably yes. The narration of John Le Carre ones are bit complex, superbly pitched, rich, and very British. Here it is simple and lucid. This book should appeal to you if you read th......more
Interesting. The one thought I had the whole time reading this - I could never live a life like this. Half truths, no friends, every little thing could be something else... Awful. But as a read - captivating. I would have never chosen this book by myself, but S.S.Montefiore listed as one of his favouri......more