Cry Wolf
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4.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
An action-packed thriller set during one of the most turbulent periods of global history, vividly brought to life by master of adventure, Wilbur Smith.
'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times
'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The Times
'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily Mirror
A race to save a country . . .
When American engineer Jake Barton 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 in return for a huge reward.
But Ethiopia is in the midst of war against Italy. To achieve their goal they'll have to manoeuvre past several extremely hostile European forces and an international blockade. Keeping them company as part of their mission is the beautiful, strong-willed Vicky Camberwell, a journalist who has been sent with them to report on the brutal violence of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia.
As their daring mission becomes more dangerous the three adventurers are about to discover that some battles may be 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.
