Cry Wolf
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3.8 • 5 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
An action-packed adventure set in 1930s Africa from global bestseller Wilbur Smith
“They recognised in each other that same restlessness that was always driving them on to new adventure, never staying long enough in one place or at one job to grow roots, unfettered by offspring or possessions, by spouse or responsibilities, taking up each new adventure eagerly and discarding it again with our qualms or regrets. Always moving onwards — never looking backwards.” The wartime race to save a country… When Jake Barton, American engineer, teams up with English gentleman and hustler Gareth Swales to sell five battered old Bentleys in 1930s East Africa, neither of them could have imagined that they’d soon be attempting to smuggle the vehicles into Ethiopia to support the war effort, in return for a huge reward. But to do this, they’ll have to manoeuvre past several extremely hostile European forces, as well as managing their feelings for Vicky Camberwell, the beautiful journalist who has been sent with them to report on the brutal violence of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. The three adventurers are about to discover that some battles are more than they can handle…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Audio reviews reflect PW's assessment of the audio adaptation of a book and should be quoted only in reference to the audio version.FictionCRY WOLFWilbur Smith, read by James Goode. Macmillan Audio Books (Trafalgar Square, dist.), abridged, two cassettes, 3 hrs., Macmillan continues its laudable efforts to put the sizable library of adventure novels created by Smith into the ears of the listening public with this solid, fast-moving rendition of the author's 1977 story of the rape of Ethiopia by Mussolini. Goode joins the line of expert actors (including Christopher Cazenove, Tim Pigott-Smith and Steven Pacey) who have already brought Smith's characters to life on tape not an easy task here, since they range from an Eton-educated Ethiopian prince to a female American journalist, with several assorted Italian villains thrown in to spice things up. But Goode endows them all with instant individuality, as he recounts the travails of Smith's two main men rough-edged Texas engineer Jake Barton and suave British wheeler-dealer Gareth Swayles who agree to transport some ancient armored vehicles across the Ethiopian deserts and mountains in 1935. Goode even brings to life a lion that attacks the naked journalist as she bathes in a desert waterhole no doubt excellent preparation for some future production of Cats.
