Would you consider the audio edition of The Odessa File to be better than the print version? David Rintoul has just the right voice for this author’s books. I have complained in reviews of other authors of too much detail but this has been endless descriptions of what people are wearing, the decor or inconsequential facts unrelated to the story. I like this about the author’s books as it adds authenticity to the narrative and most of the factual stuff is interesting. Other reviewers have criticised the amount of detail incorporated into the story. There certainly were secret organisations devoted to protecting ex-Nazis and facilitating their escape to South America and this is the thrust of the book into which is woven a clever story of a journalist trying to track down the ‘Butcher of Riga’. I don’t know if the story is based on actual events: the postscript to the book suggests that it is, but others have contested the details. This is one of the few Frederick Forsyth novels that I haven’t listened to before and so was gripped by the twists and turns in the intricate plot as I had no idea what would happen next.
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