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Three Days of the Condor A.K A. Six Days Of The CondorThese people won't even give a straight answer about the title of the book.It's all about a CIA operative whose job it is to read... how cool is that.Also loosely adapted by Hollywood into what I thought was a good movie.http://www.newsweek.com/james-grady-l...…I did enjoy the book.but keep that under your hat
An amazing gem of a thrilling read! If you love espionage, spy games, etc., then this a perfect summer read!
211115 from ??? childhood: another mid-70s conspiracy thriller The Boys from Brazil, Marathon Man, The Day of the Jackal seen on tv when too young to fully appreciate. but remembered, watched dvd, recall too clearly the star power of redford and dunaway, very interesting to read it again and see where it was made cinematic, compressed 6 days into 3. the book is lean to begin with, the times were paranoid, but it is not too complex, just suggestive of more than we can know. the book is fun, quick...
In an introduction to the audiobook, Grady provides some background on how he, and the intelligence community, were influenced by this book. He happened to be wandering down a street when he imagined that behind one of the doors was a secret CIA research bureau. And then he wondered what would have happened if one of the workers left and returned to find all his colleagues dead. Grady learned in 2008 from Comrade J by Pete Early, that the Russians assumed from watching the Redford movie that thi...
I almost NEVER quit on a book, but I quit this one after suffering 100 pages. It was so famous, I wanted to read it. But it was just bloody awful. Besides the unbelievable fact that the lead character kidnaps a woman, forces her at gunpoint to take him to her house, and then she just decides to climb into his bed and screw him that night? Really? I would have been out the door. It was so poorly written by today's standards that the main action - the very moment Malcolm finds out he might be bein...
Rating : 9/10(Extraordinary) - Six Days Remarkable This novel was so good with no plot holes and more conspiracy and espionage as the chapter progresses. The story telling of the novel was truly quirky in itself and there was no filler moments. Only thing I loathe(not very much though) was the exposition which was sometimes too much to take in.
My introduction to the fiction of James Grady is his 1974 debut novel Six Days of the Condor. Even more so than Peter Benchley, the author is one whose credentials are easily established by mentioning the movie version of his book: Three Days of the Condor, released the same year as Jaws. Like Jaws, Three Days of the Condor made liberal changes to its source material. Like Jaws, that source material is so far away from the movie in terms of quality that it isn't in the same ballpark, parking lot...
Interesting idea about a spy that reads novels to find intel—but a giant disappointment of a book with a juvenile sense of humor. Why did he keep farting if it held no relevance to the plot? At least all the sneezing became relevant. If you like boobies and a protagonist that survives on luck, then this is the book for you. The movie is probably far superior.
fantastic book , in a away two of the scenes reminded me of the bourne identity novel - what happened in the tread stone building and how bourne met marie , i was hooked from the the first page to the last , i really enjoy spy novels were all hell breaks loose from the start , i happened to watch the movie staring robert redford before a rad the book (thats how i found out about it ) one or two scenes ere changed from the book , witch was expected , only one thing that i was a bit - ummmm what ?...
”This is Condor, Section 9, Department 17. ‘We’ve been hit.’” Choose your own Condor. He can look like this. Or like this.Most days, Ronald Malcolm’s biggest worries were from which coffee pot on which floor he was going to get his dose of caffeine, what type of sandwich he was going to have at lunch, and not dawdling too long in the morning so he was at his work desk on time to admire the beautiful siren walking by his building every day. Simple life for a normal guy. His job was not nor...
In the six days of the Condor we meet Maclon aka The Condor who reads spy novels to get Intel on returning to the CIA office, he finds his colleagues all dead and the action picks up from there. This was really good audibook
One of the all time classic paranoid thrillers of the 1970's and a sentimental favorite of mine. James Grady's first novel, written and published when he was in in his mid-twenties. It's very much a product of the time when he wrote it. Watergate paranoia, Vietnam, disillusionment with the U.S. government, the anti-authority attitude of the Baby Boomers and more all play a part in the plot.To younger readers the plot will seem unoriginal. A low level intelligence analyst stumbles across a conspi...
Debut espionage thriller written in 1974. Enjoyable and fast-paced "spy" on the run story. I put spy in quotations because Malcolm aka Condor is a pretty low-level employee of the CIA. In the low tech environment of the times, he reads mysteries and suspense novels to cull information on how-to techniques and plausible scenarios that could impact the security of the U.S. for the Agency. Another employee has stumbled on a discrepancy in the receipt of inventory and wants to explore further, not k...
Excellent book and movie. It has been a long time since I read this the first time but it is still as exciting. Unputdownable (if there is such a word). First published in the early sixties, the book brought the author from being near destitute to rich in 6 months. The rights to develop a movie came shortly afterward and with a young Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway as stars, it was an immediate hit. Of course there are differences between the book and movie but both are superb. Highly recommende...
There's Six Days of the Condor ... and then there is everything else. This is the thriller that every thriller writer wishes s/he had written. A classic that I re-read once a year just so I have something to aim for when I sit down to write.
5 Stars SUMMARYIn the quiet Washington D.C. neighborhood near the Capitol is a pristine townhouse. Its plaque reads American Literary Historical Society. The headquarters ostensibly is for literary analysis, advance and achievement, but no one gets passed the front desk. Unless of course proper clearance is shown and verified. The Society is actually a Company Department Office. The research analysts read mystery and thriller novels and pass any scenarios that are too close to the mark of past a...
A good tale of a CIA reader who gets caught up in attempts on his life. There's a double agent somewhere. Who is it?
The national headquarters of the American Literary Historical Society is in Washington, DC, its purpose ostensibly for literary analysis, advance and achievement. No one goes there and takes tours -- they can't get past the main desk without proper clearance. In reality, it's a CIA office where people read and analyze mystery and spy novels (what a dream job!) to seek out correlations between fiction and fact. One of the employees there, Ronald Malcolm, advises another employee (Heidegger) to ig...
This spy thriller was made into the Robert Redford film, Three Days of the Condor. Although the plot of the book differs from the film, the basic elements remain the same. The reason for the hit on "Condor's" department differs from that of the film version. Also, the book has a more definite ending than the film. A good read, but I just like the movie better.
I'm not one to usually read spy novels but seeing that this book was the basis for the movie (titled Three Days of the Condor ) I had to find out why the difference in titles. The author gives a great explanation of this and more about how the Russians ended up modeling a section of their spy network based on the movie. Luckily I had just enough memory of the movie, but not enough to interfere with the enjoyment of the book. This book is fast-paced and was a quick read. It kept me glued to the...