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The Syndicate

By: Mark Cunnington
Narrated by: Mark Cunnington
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Set in the obsessive world of UK carp fishing, The Syndicate is a darkly humorous story about the anglers, waters and strange culture that surrounds the pursuit of giant carp.

The first book of the nine novels comprising The Syndicate Series Volume 1 & 2 and the original carp fishing novel that broke the mould. First written in 1994 and serialised in Carpworld magazine before being published in 1999, The Syndicate was a revelation in terms of angling literature with its comic, cynical insight into the high-pressure UK carp scene. It’s the story of ten men who lease their own private water and who, at the outset, are actually friends. Sadly, it’s also the story of ten men becoming obsessed with the desire to catch more twenty-pound carp than the others. It’s about ten men slipping down the black slope of human nature while trying to catch those carp. It’s about friends dividing into warring factions, about fraud, cheating, bait burglary and even adultery. It's also one of the funniest books out there. Utterly unique in every aspect, The Syndicate Series has become renowned amongst the world's angling community as a 'must read' and The Syndicate is where it all begins.

©1999 Trio Publishing (P)2025 Trio Publishing Fishing Hunting & Fishing Outdoors & Nature
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entertaining and all round great book we'll worth reading. from start to finish its a great read

fantastic

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Couldn’t stop listening. The whole book was so believable and could really see this whole thing happening in any local syndicate. The storytelling was so well done, character development was brilliant and I felt like I was with Williams and Rambo on that final Saturday. Perfection!

I absolutely loved it.

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After reading all the books so far published, I have enjoyed listening from the beginning, it’s handy as you can get on with other things or just walking around while listening. Hopefully the 2nd part will get released.
Keep up the good work Mark

Excellent read

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Read this originally back in the 90s. Fantastic story in an even better series. Hopefully the rest are not far behind .

Outstanding

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Can we please have the rest of your books in this format? Thoroughly enjoyable! I lost 80% of my vision about a year ago, after listening to this I did purchase the kindle version of the second book but sadly my eyes aren't up to it.

Fantastic listening

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