The Shanghai Factor, Charles McCarry
The Shanghai Factor, Charles McCarry
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The Shanghai Factor

Author: Charles McCarry

Narrator: Stephen Bowlby

Unabridged: 9 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/04/2013

Synopsis

An unnamed spy is dispatched to Shanghai to aid a shadowy U.S. agency known only as HQ. There he meets a mysterious woman named Mei and begins a torrid affair that threatens to expose him to Chinese intelligence, the notorious Guoanbu. As danger waits for him around every corner, and the enigmatic Mei moves into and out of his life, he finds himself drawn further into a deadly cat-and-mouse game between Guoanbu and HQ that threatens not only to end his life but to also dangerously destabilize East/West relations.

About Charles McCarry

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sue on June 08, 2013

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

Goodreads review by Brandon on September 20, 2013

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

Goodreads review by Amit on June 28, 2018

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

Goodreads review by Inga on January 09, 2023

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

Goodreads review by Rich on July 30, 2015

"Better than John Le Carre" according to Lee Child. Bollocks is it.......more

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