Чудесен трилър от бащата на Кондора, който даже има камео поява в текста.Петима изкукали тайни агенти на ЦРУ затворени в секретна лудница, са принудени да избягат, след като психиатърът им е убит по начин, с който ги топят за смъртта му.Следва шеметно препускане по пътищата в посока Вашингтон, в опит да се оневинят и да си спасят кожите, защото макар и полудели, на тях още им се живее.Прилича като сюжет малко на филма БСП с Брус Уилис и сие, възможно е сценаристите му да са заимствали малко или

Five psycho ex-spies bust out of their asylum and hit the road looking for the murderer of their shrink. You're not going to learn much about mental illness from this story -- unfortunately the author seems to think the crazy is compounded mostly of malingering, narcissism, poetic sensitivity, and free-floating anxiety... and I think we all know there's no cure for that combo -- but the story moves along to the end.

I am surprised that I really enjoyed this romp. About a group of five "insane" CIA types who escape from their secret asylum afetr their doctor has been murdered and they have been framed. They set out to use their individual skills to track down the truth. Funny, fast pacedd, and thoroughly enjoyable.

Slipping in and out of the realms of insanity always draws my fascination. The pages seemed to posses magnetic properties pulling me from within. The pace of reading quicked , knuckles whited, as the beads of sweat collectively formed on my brow. To continue at the current pace would be madness, it would end in a crash. Maybe this book, was just special to me due to the subject matter .... maybe just maybe .... I thoroughly enjoyed it.

An exciting book telling the tale of five mental patients with a difference, they are all ex CIA agents who in their line of work have seen far too much.When their psychiatrist is murdered on the hospital premises they fear that as mental patients, obviously they will be the prime suspects so they escape and go on the run as "mad dogs" to try and figure out who has framed them for the hit.Along the way they get another agent on their tail who they take hostage but who can they trust in the big o...

A good read. Original story. Would make a great movie. Not as good as his previous work. Condor makes a cameo (would have loved for him to be more involved in their endeavor). Back stories on the characters were interesting. Overall it needed more depth for my interests.

Dall'autore dei "Sei giorni del Condor", dunque una colonna portante per il genere spy, abbiamo questo libro, che secondo me non tiene fede alle aspettative e soprattutto siamo lontani dai fasti del Condor.L'idea non era affatto male, ma secondo me è stata sviluppata in maniera errata, dando troppo risalto ai problemi dei protagonisti, invece di dedicare un più di pagine all'azione e alla trama, portando poi ad un finale abbastanza scontato e chiuso troppo in fretta. Diciamo che parte molto bene...

Rating : 4 starsMené tambour battant, ce road trip en direction de Washington, mélange de livre d'espionnage et d'enquête policière, se lit avec plaisir et même une certaine dose de jubilation. Les personnages, quoiqu'un peu dérangés, sont attachant et l'humour décapant.

I am obsessed with the idea of five spies being locked down for mental treatment and running away for justice (as I do not want to spoil anything), their flash-back stories learning more about every single character were spot-on. I felt like the first half of the novel was incredibly scripted. I liked the evolution of the events and how the writer drove us to that hunting exciting adventure that his characters had embarked into. But the second half, felt kinda short as we didn't see the complexi...

Mad Dogs is an highly entertaining jaunt for two reasons. 1.) A great premise with interesting characters that have interwoven backstories that aptly help provide details for their present wonky behaviors 2.) A whip-smart writing style that casually throws smatterings of wry descriptive humour into the plotJames Grady does a masterful job easying between the serious and zany in a similar, but more coherent and subdued way compared to Chuck Palahnuik's Fight Club. Like Tyler Durden, our band of m...

Confusionario, supponente.Vorrebbe essere la versione rockettara di “quella sporca dozzina”.Ambirebbe ad una riduzione cinematografica.Non mi sembra il caso.

Interesting storyline, great idea, attractive plot, but very bad execution. This book is so confusing on where & what is going on that sometimes I read 30 pages through and I have no idea what happened.

An interesting ride, but not told as clearly as it could have been.The premise of Mad Dogs is a winner - picture an insane asylum just for spies that have been pushed beyond the breaking point. There are victims of torture, people who have compromised cherished values, lost loved ones in the line of duty or have just seen things that no one should have to see.Now, imagine that 5 of these patients have a doctor that they love - he pushes them, challenges them and makes progress with them. And...

You could think of this novel as a pointed satire, and in some ways, it is that. Fortunately, it's not preachy, because James Grady isn't as ham-fisted as Kurt Vonnegut, for example. He seems to write with an eye on potential film rights for his work, and also with a sense of humor akin to Joseph (Catch-22) Heller's or Edward (The Monkey Wrench Gang) Abbey's. That's good literary company to keep.I enjoyed this tale of five different but certifiably crazy spies who break out of their secret asylu...

The author of Six Days of the Condor (James Grady) breaks new ground with a more bizarre telling of the story of five demented and damaged CIA operatives committed to an agency asylum that are framed for murder and use their skewed talents to escape to try to prove their innocence. Reads more like an updated "Five Musketeers" than a typical espionage novel. Well written, even breathtaking in spots with some excellent use of flashbacks and great characters to propel a slightly outlandish plot. Th...

Unfinished: Too bad, I really liked Six Days of the Condor, but despite repeated efforts, I just couldn't get past half way. Just too bizarre.

5 institutionalized CIA operatives break out of the top secret asylum to find the murderer of their beloved shrink, try to avoid the teams sent to retrive them and all before they crash from lack of medication. How could I pass it up?This was a good read. Definately rated "R" so beware. It was a bit confusing at times since you don't know what is fantasy and what is real, but that makes it more fun, too. The story of each character is told through backflashes so you begin to understand what they...

A 5-star idea with 2-star execution.I've argued before (and will again, no doubt) that ideas aren't much of what makes a good book. Every novel is a love story, or a whodunit, or a revenge story, or a survival story, or a coming of age story, or a Hero's Journey epic, or a story of great sacrifice, or one of a very few other stories. Maybe the writing is good or bad. Maybe the setting is Victorian England or a future asteroid colony or contemporary Kent or Connecticut or Adelaide. Maybe the auth...

Very well written a fast and entertaining read. This book could become a series, but I doubt James Grady wants to do that much work...LOL. Anyway, if you want something out of the norm (a very different plot), then this is the one for you. This book will entertain rookie-pro readers. The book is about a group of ex-spec ops/CIA agents who have mental issues and are placed in a secret/secure lockup. After some things go wrong all 5 hit the road for fun and games.....Give the book a shot!

It's been a few years since I actually read this but for reasons unknown to me, I found myself getting really mad about this yesterday (probably the heat). It's not that the book is particularly bad, but there are sparkles of a brilliant book here, but they get dragged down by lots of serviceable. Pity, really.