[DuaneAA]

I just finished listening to 'Six Days of the Condor' by James Grady. The mid-1970's movie 'Three Days of the Condor' starring Robert Redford was based on this book.

For a 40 year-old book, it holds up very well. The lack of cellphones is very obvious and multiple references to typewriters is more humorous than annoying. But the basic story and writing style still works. I read the book a long time ago, but when I started listening this time, I had clearer memories of the movie than the book, so the book had several twists and turns I no longer remembered.

I also felt the narrator did a good job of giving the different main characters distinct voices and he definitely added to the enjoyability of this story.

Also, the author has done a very interesting foreword for this new audio version discussing the impact of a book written by a twenty-something outsider. Apparently the KGB set up a whole new division and spent thousands of man-years doing analysis as a consequence of this book. Fascinating!

If you are looking for a fun, fast-paced spy story, I would give this one a thumbs up.

Duane