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The Corporal's Wife

By: Gerald Seymour
Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
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Summary

Farideh's husband is a corporal in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, entrapped by MI6 for interrogation. His job as a driver to a top general has left him with potentially valuable knowledge, but he won't talk unless Farideh is brought out of Iran. The SAS say it's too dangerous, so MI6 assemble a team of three ex-soldiers and a student dropout who knows the language and smuggles them into Tehran.…

©2013 Gerald Seymour (P)2013 W F Howes Ltd Action & Adventure Espionage Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Middle East Iran Fiction
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"Once again demonstrating his ability to probe the moral murkiness of the spy trade…Seymour crafts a sophisticated, reader-teasing tale." ( Sunday Times on The Outsiders)
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Is there anything you would change about this book?

The way it is read: Sometimes you can be a few minutes into the chapter and realise we are now talking about another character. Mightily confusing and made it difficult to keep track of where we were.

Do you think The Corporal's Wife needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

No

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Would you consider the audio edition of The Corporal's Wife to be better than the print version?

I have done both read and listen to audiobooks from Gerald Seymour and enjoy both. Reading makes me conjure up the characters in my head but the readers bring the characters to life for me.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Corporal's Wife?

When the corporal's wife sacrifices her own life to help Zack.

Which character – as performed by Daniel Philpott – was your favourite?

Zack, he was the spirit of the book.

Gerald Seymour is the best

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I don’t listen to Seymour’s novels too often as they can start to feel too generic. Also they don’t lend themselves well to audiobooks because there’s no demarcation between changes of scene and subject.
The above notwithstanding, I do recommend this novel. Seymour is well informed, uses fiction and dialogue to explain complicated politics and ideas. His characters are convincing and he ably creates drama and tension.

Tense

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great story with a sad ending, true soldiers luck his out as usual with sad gits running int

cool

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Not one of GS's best books and the narrator's style doesn't help. He doesn't leave a pause when the story moves from one plot line to another which can be confusing. The daftest little niggle was casevac, should be pronounced cas-e-vac not like some form of Hoover for a portmanteau!
If you want the author at his best try Vagabond instead.

Poor narration and not one of Seymour's best

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