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Country of the Blind

By: Christopher Brookmyre
Narrated by: Angus King
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The murder of a media moghul in his country mansion appears to be the result of him disturbing a gang of would-be thieves. The robbers are swiftly caught, but when they are unexpectedly moved to a different prison they escape.

Back in Edinburgh a young solicitor reveals to the press that one of the subjects had left a letter with her some time before the break-in which proves his innocence. Jack Parlabane, journo extraordinaire, is intrigued, but when he approaches the lawyer he discovers someone else is trying to get near her - someone with evil intent, political connections of the highest order and a corrupt agenda.

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"Tough, in your face...studded with a lot of black humour." ( Irish Times)
"Sassy, irreverent, stylish." ( The Times)
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I was so looking forward to reading these books mainly because I was looking for something narrated by Agnes King.

Agnes narrated JD Kirk books and both author and narrator of these books are the best I’ve ever heard or read.

Christopher Brookmyre and JD Kirk have a similar way of writing their books with great black humour and analogies. But this is sadly we’re they end because of Brookmyres books were as brilliant as Kirk’s I would leave the sofa until I’d finished them all.

Country of the Blind is just that too heavy going and way too many analogies that they are not funny anymore and take away from the story.
There is also a lot of surface material that is gone into much too deeply without sticking to the story.

This book could have been half the length and it would have been much better.

Good if you can keep up with it!

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I only recently discovered the author by buying ‘All fun and games’ in a sale and loving it, and this one does not disappoint. Fast paced without skipping background and detail, the events are brutal, and sometimes hilarious. You can’t help but love the heroes.
All this is brought to life by a simply magnificent narrator in Angus King.
Highly recommend you give it a listen, while I scarper off to buy the first book in the series….

Magnificent!

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I really enjoyed this book. And I thought Angus King's narration absolutely terrific. I enjoyed that it wasn't just a whodunnit - quite soon we know whodiddit - and we hear various angles on the story. Which I enjoy much more than the more normal convolusion of finding out the whodiddit.
Yes, it's one of the James Bond type things where you know the goody will survive. But it is extremely funny and I just adored the character called Spammy.
I did find the earlier parts a bit confusing but stuck with it. I'm so glad I did. I shall definitely be listening to more Christopher Brookmyre. Good comic writing is a very difficult art. Christopher Brookmyre is up to the challenge.
I recently listened to the book again because I loved Spammy so much, and this is the book with the most Spammy in it. I enjoyed the book even more the second time round, with the earlier parts now much less confusing. And I think I love Spammy even more.
It's a wonderfully funny book and, in my opinion, the best of his Parlabane books.

Wonderfully funny.

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I always enjoy this author’s work. This is one of the more straight forward of his stories, exciting in places but there are long, tedious passages of political ranting which became irritating after a time. Great performance by Angus King, giving a real feel for the myriad characters.

Great storyline, tedious politics

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sometimes the author goes off on a rant but the story, plot and narration is still great and very funny

sometimes ranting

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