Argylle: A Novel (Unabridged)
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3.6 • 53 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The globe-trotting spy thriller that inspired the star-studded film Argylle, now streaming on Apple TV+, featuring Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Cena, and directed by Matthew Vaughn of Kingsman trilogy fame
A luxury train speeding towards Moscow and a date with destiny.
A CIA plane downed in the jungles of the Golden Triangle.
A Nazi hoard entombed in the remote mountains of South-West Poland.
A missing treasure, the eighth wonder of the world, lost for seven decades.
One Russian magnate's dream of restoring a nation to greatness has set in motion a chain of events which will take the world to the brink of chaos.
Only Frances Coffey, the CIA's most legendary spymaster, can prevent it. But to do so, she needs someone special.
Enter Argylle, a troubled agent with a tarnished past who may just have the skills to take on one of the most powerful men in the world. If only he can save himself first...
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Let’s get this out of the way first: We’re pretty sure Taylor Swift didn’t write this fun spy thriller, despite the social media rumors about pseudonymous author Elly Conway. But that doesn’t make the story any less entertaining. Argylle follows quick-thinking American drifter Aubrey Argylle, who’s hanging out in Thailand when he saves the crew of a downed DEA plane. Soon, the brilliant, multilingual misfit is recruited into an ultrasecret CIA plan to stop a Russian tech billionaire with nefarious aspirations. Filled with fast-paced set pieces and lively hints of romance, this pageturner never takes itself too seriously. Neither does narrator Dakota Blue Richards, whose endearing enthusiasm adds an extra layer of fun to the story. Listen before you see the movie starring Henry Cavill as Argylle and Bryce Dallas Howard as…a reclusive spy novelist named Elly Conway.
Customer Reviews
Good…BUT
I thought this was a good book to start off the year. To be honest…wanted to read this before seeing the movie. I also saw a rumor that Taylor Swift actually wrote this book (not sure if it’s actually true…) BUT it did make me want to read it even more. I was reading the book while listening to the audio book; and I will say that they changed a few things, and corrected things in the audio version that were errors in the book. I thought it was funny that the narrator mispronounced some things (but don’t we all!) If there is another book after this one…I will probably read it…I just thought it would grip me more with character development. I wish they would have gotten deeper with the characters; but I guess that’s what happens when a book is less than 400 pages. I would give this 3.5 stars.
Terrible
I don’t like being gamed. This “Argyle” is not the same story as the movie, has an entirely different character, “Elly Conway” is not just a pseudonym as it’s two different people—likely this book is a different author, too—and “Elly Conway” is the protagonist of the movie, who writes about “Argyle,” though it turns out SHE is actually Argyle, who has lost her memory. This whole thing is a game of identities, but not as in the story. It’s just deception. Don’t bother. Nonsense. Some publisher is laughing.
This is trash.
This is written terribly. Taylor swift would NEVER!