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jbarr5's review against another edition
3.0
Hopscotch by Brian Garfield
Starts with definitions of the word and then we find them in Paris.
FBI, espinoage, spies, revealing secret papers to the public, all kinds of action make this an interesting read.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
Starts with definitions of the word and then we find them in Paris.
FBI, espinoage, spies, revealing secret papers to the public, all kinds of action make this an interesting read.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
cdeane61's review against another edition
4.0
A good old-fashioned spy novel where the spy forced into retirement writes a tell-all and forces the worlds intelligence agencies to chase after him as he sends chapter drafts to major publishing houses.
A fun and informative read, if somewhat dated. Some of the techniques used would be useless against modern technology.
Both novels that I have read by him have been great fun reads, and I had no idea Garfield was such a prolific writer.
May just have to run down some of his other novels, he even wrote westerns!
A fun and informative read, if somewhat dated. Some of the techniques used would be useless against modern technology.
Both novels that I have read by him have been great fun reads, and I had no idea Garfield was such a prolific writer.
May just have to run down some of his other novels, he even wrote westerns!
josher71's review against another edition
2.0
One of the rare times the movie is superior to the book. Watch that and skip this.
ericwelch's review against another edition
4.0
Audiobook. Lots of fun. If you watched the movie with Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson you'll have the broad idea. If not, it's the story of how a CIA field agent, Miles Kendig, put out to pasture and retired to office work, decides it's time to spice up his life a bit. He writes a manuscript with details of intelligence service operations and then sends chapters to multiple publishers enticing the CIA and KGB to come after him before he can release more insidious details. He's clever and rubs their noses in it several times, before realizing the game might be getting just a bit too serious.
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