Agent 6
Record details
- ISBN: 9781611139907
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Physical Description:
11 sound discs (780 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
sound disc
sound recording
sound recording - Publisher: New York : Hachette Audio, p2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Unabridged. Compact disc. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Read by Dennis Boutsikaris. |
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Subject: | Books on compact disc Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Fiction Secret service -- Soviet Union -- Fiction |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Spy stories. Suspense fiction. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Anahim Lake Branch | SMI (Text) | 33923004901611 | Book on Compact Disc | Volume hold | Available | - |
- AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2012 April
Leo Demidov knows a few truths about himself: He is, at heart, a detective in Russia's secret police, and he skillfully knows how to elicit information from his subjects. But when a family trip goes horribly wrong, his life is suddenly changed in every conceivable way. Methodically, an emotionally spent Leo seeks answers. Smith's well-paced thriller winds its way over continents and through years. Dennis Boutsikaris alternates accents deftly between Russian officers, a Communist sympathizer from America, an Afghan woman, FBI agents, and others. As the author blends historical fact with fiction, Boutsikaris shifts between Russian and American characters, his voice guiding the reader along the thread that brings Leo to the story's conclusion. M.B. (c) AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2012 March #4
In his third and final novel featuring Russian policeman Leo Demidov, Smith covers three decades in his protagonist's life, beginning in Stalinist Russia in 1950 when Demidov meets his soon-to-be-wife, Raisa. Then it's on to 1965, when the cold war thaws enough for Raisa and their two adopted daughters to travel to New York and get caught up in a deadly conspiracy. The book operates on several levels, as a spy thriller, a study of obsession, and a harsh criticism of political expediency, and narrator Dennis Boutsikaris finds a splendidly sardonic voice that captures all three. When it comes to dialogue, much of it from the mouths of Smith's carefully crafted Russian characters, Boutsikaris uses a minimal accent and a slightly brusque, typically Slavic manner of speech. Equally commendable is his subtle approach to female voices: a softening and mild shift in pitch. Worthy of special notice is his vocal choice for Jessie Austin, a world famous African-American singer and avowed Communist. It's vaguely Southern, educated, and filled with the wonder of the politically naïve. A Grand Central hardcover. (Jan.)
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